please wear your mask
Stop Covid
#WeAreBrightonAndHove
Smize
please wear your mask
Stop Covid
#WeAreBrightonAndHove
Wear your mask with Pride! ) Brighton & Hove City Council’s new Covid-19 public health
awareness campaign is all about real Brighton people, from all communities in the city. The campaign, which captures the flair of Ebony Rose Dark, Tarik Elmoutawakil and Lola Lasagne, will light up digital bus stops, social media and poster sites around the city in December, bringing warmth and humour to people in these uncertain times. Ebony Rose Dark said: “I was very happy to do this campaign as I know how hard they have worked together with the general public to keep the city safe, which is important for someone like myself who is in the moderate category due to my disability, race and medical complexities. It slightly puts my mind at ease to know people around me are taking this seriously and so they will wear a face mask.”
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Lola Lasagne said: “I was so pleased to be asked to do this. Having just celebrated 22 years as a Brighton resident, it’s an honour to be asked to represent the city. It helps to keep people safe and people have been able to make wearing masks fun by buying and designing their own styles. It’s another representation of how diverse our city is. “On a personal note the scene I work in is in danger of disappearing, and if we work together we have a chance of emerging the other side of this quicker and in a position to socialise with each other as we’ve been able to do before. It’s a simple message to press home to everyone – wear your mask. And if I can look this good you can too!” Tarik Elmoutawakil said: “Wearing a face mask has been proven to be an effective way to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. I don’t tend to wear things that I haven’t had a choice in (I’ve never liked uniforms that you can’t at least customise), so I realised early on during the first wave of the pandemic that I would need to find masks that I actually enjoy wearing. I found a burlesque performer who (like many creatives out of work) started to make and sell face masks in a range of styles and fabric. Her design also used elastic that goes around the back of the head rather than looping around the ears. This was been especially helpful to me as I wear hearing aids and the ‘round the ear’ masks tend to pull my hearing-aids out, and they hurt my ears too! If you are struggling to wear a mask, or they remind you of hospitals etc, I highly recommend getting masks that express your personality and that feel comfortable for you to wear. And get a few so that you can wash them.”
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#WeAreBrightonAndHove Thanks to Ebony Rose Dark
Tarik Elmoutawakil
Smize
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