Sue Simmerling, owner of costume design company Carry on Costumes, is doing her bit to help the NHS in its battle against Covid-19. Sue was contacted by fellow designer Dulcie Scott, who started the crowdfunding group 'Helping Dress Medics'. The group's aim is to purchase fabrics that are then made into scrubs for the NHS medics dealing with the virus in hospitals.
- 4/6/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Costumers who worked on the BBC and HBO drama His Dark Materials are making scrubs for British medics on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Helping Dress Medics initiative was launched by costume maker Dulcie Scott over the weekend and has raised more than £8,000 on GoFundMe to help supply protective clothing to local hospitals.
The team, which includes numerous costumers from around the country, is expecting a delivery of materials today and plans to have supplied scrubs to the frontline by the end of the week.
“We are liaising with hospital staff directly in the areas we live and taking advice from them about what they need, so that we can specifically help them.
The Helping Dress Medics initiative was launched by costume maker Dulcie Scott over the weekend and has raised more than £8,000 on GoFundMe to help supply protective clothing to local hospitals.
The team, which includes numerous costumers from around the country, is expecting a delivery of materials today and plans to have supplied scrubs to the frontline by the end of the week.
“We are liaising with hospital staff directly in the areas we live and taking advice from them about what they need, so that we can specifically help them.
- 3/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Costumers behind the Bad Wolf-produced HBO and BBC fantasy series “His Dark Materials” have united to make scrubs for medical staff fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K.
The initiative, titled “Helping Dress Medics,” brings together a number of staff in the series’ costume department in Cardiff, Wales, and around the U.K. to stitch garments and supply the National Health Service (NHS) hospitals closest to them.
“This should make things quicker, keep costs down and ideally keep any risk of contagion to a minimum,” the group said in their fundraising statement.
“We are liaising with hospital staff directly in the areas we live and taking advice from them about what they need, so that we can specifically help them. The nature of how the virus is spread means that the demand for scrubs is especially high.”
The group was formed by “His Dark Materials” costume supervisor Dulcie Scott...
The initiative, titled “Helping Dress Medics,” brings together a number of staff in the series’ costume department in Cardiff, Wales, and around the U.K. to stitch garments and supply the National Health Service (NHS) hospitals closest to them.
“This should make things quicker, keep costs down and ideally keep any risk of contagion to a minimum,” the group said in their fundraising statement.
“We are liaising with hospital staff directly in the areas we live and taking advice from them about what they need, so that we can specifically help them. The nature of how the virus is spread means that the demand for scrubs is especially high.”
The group was formed by “His Dark Materials” costume supervisor Dulcie Scott...
- 3/30/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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