Students help during crisis

All six colleges have been involved in the production of PPE equipment, with North West Regional College and SRC arranging the production and delivery of hundreds of PPE face shields for frontline workers in hospitals and care homes across local health trusts.

Former Southern Regional College Access and Health and Social Care student Louise Graham is now a nurse working on the COVID-19 ward in Craigavon Area Hospital, with former student Emma Hamilton also covering nursing shifts across Craigavon, Daisy Hill and the Royal Victoria Hospitals.

Thousands of students are also considered key workers, serving in supermarkets, pharmacies, factories and production lines.

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