A north-east group has been keeping key workers safe during lockdown by sewing scrub bags.
The Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Scrub Bag Run was initially set up to help NHS staff working under difficult circumstances to fight Covid-19.
Each person was provided with two bags to put their scrubs in to straight after a shift so no further contact was needed for the bag to go straight in to the wash.
The group which has been a “lifeline” for many struggling in lockdown has since made 17,000 scrub bags for the NHS, care homes and third sector staff.
The sewers, aged between 10 and 84, have worked day and night for seven weeks to make orders, pack them and deliver them.
Gillian Maclean, who runs the project alongside Jen Eddington, Claire Coutts,and Di Melville, said: “We set up the group on Facebook and then it grew arms and legs – we have other 400 sewers doing the bags and we had to set up drop off points.
“For the people of Aberdeen, what they have contributed and done is amazing.
“This was Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire’s contribution to help keep our wonderful key workers and their families safe during this very difficult time.
“It has also given a lot of people in lockdown a purpose and many of them are really upset that we were stopping. We don’t have any more orders coming in – we’ve thought of everyone.”
