SEW MANY HANDS HELP OUT
Raising over £5,000, the volunteer group Scrub a Dub Dub is one of Penarth’s positive community-driven stories to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We spoke to Vivienne Mumby who started the group from a Facebook post calling for people to help make scrubs, masks, protective bags, headbands, and other PPE. The result? A community group coming together to make over 650 scrubs and many other garments since March— all helping those working on the frontline in hospitals, care homes, and more recently, health and social care workers.
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Can you tell us a little about Scrub a Dub Dub and how it started?
It all started from a post on Facebook calling for volunteers to help make scrubs for those working on the frontline. I didn’t expect it to go viral, and the response was amazing! After finding myself with a temporary lull in work, I wanted to help, and found others were wanting to do the same. I used my old contacts from being a wardrobe mistress when I worked in theatre and sourced the correct materials, fabric, and threads from mills in the north. We then set out on finding people with the correct skills and equipment and fundraising to buy the correct materials needed. We then set to work creating patterns for people to follow, which were printed by
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