Can you help make urgent PPE for Surrey's healthcare heroes? They are rapidly running out of items such as gowns,

aprons and masks. Please email ppe.donations@surreycc.gov.uk. If you can help and SCC will provide the PHE_uk

specification you need to follow.

Following the government announcement on 17th April that there is now an extreme shortage of PPE, Surrey County

Council is urgently appealing for volunteers to help supply items for Surrey’s frontline workers. With demand for PPE

nationally and globally reaching unprecedented levels, social workers, care home staff, volunteers and others need

items such as gowns, aprons and masks which skilled volunteers may be able to assist with, based on a Public

Health England standard.

Leader of Surrey County Council, Tim Oliver said: “As a county council we continue to do all we can to source more

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for frontline workers to ensure they have the right protection against Covid-19,

but there is simply not enough supply coming into the county, indeed nationally, and this situation is now very urgent

indeed. That is why we are now appealing to the wealth of skilled and talented people across the county – from

university students to business owners and seamstresses, who may be able to assist us in producing personal

protective equipment, such as gowns and masks. This is a time when so many communities are pulling together. I

hope the public will hear our call and come to our aid so we can do all we can to protect our frontline workers who are

working so tirelessly on our behalf.”

Surrey County Council would still welcome contact from businesses who are able to support and would also

encourage them to email us directly with any offers of manufacturing support.

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