Last of 20,000 PPE face shield donations given to Horsham charities and groups

Peter Hansen, chair of Horsham’s Masonic ‘Normandy Centre’, assisted the Sussex Freemasons in the delivery of 1,400 face shields on Wednesday, January 13.

Maurice Adams, deputy head of Sussex Freemasons, said: “Covid has touched every part of our Sussex communities and supporting those communities is a key part of who we are and what we do as Sussex Freemasons.”

Those to have received the last of the face shields include Horsham Matters and the Royal British Legion care home Mais House, which are then being distributed to local groups in Horsham by Neighbourhood Watch.

The Ghyll CIO, Southwater Village Hall, Southwater Hubs and some local shops, including Budgens, are making them available to the elderly and vulnerable on request (free of charge).

Southwater Parish Council is currently distributing them to local charities and these can be requested by contacting the parish council on Facebook or their website.

Southwater Village Preschool also received some of the face shields, which have been paid for and sourced jointly by the Masonic Charitable Foundation and the United Grand Lodge of England. They have been distributed over several months to charities, hospices, health-based organisations and other key recipients across East and West Sussex.

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