Celebrating our keyworker choir members
Eleanor Pullen • Jun 18, 2020
During lockdown as a network we have been acknowledging the amazing work of our keyworker choir members. Many of our network have been working on the frontline in the battle against Covid-19 as doctors, nurses, NHS staff, care workers, supermarket workers, teachers and military personnel. Choir member Kate (Taunton MWC) observed this role reversal for some, with wives and girlfriends out on the frontline whilst many husbands and partners are juggling life at home.
You’ll have seen the stories we’ve shared on social media, from Angeline (Warminster MWC) who works at Morrisons helping keep the community fed whilst getting groceries for vulnerable neighbours, to Sara (Marham MWC) who worked as a Staff Nurse for 35 years in the NHS and came back from retirement to help in the crisis, and Jackie (Taunton MWC) who has found the time when not working as a ward receptionist in a busy hospital to knit pairs of hearts for Covid-19 patients and their next of kin.
We were even featured in the Daily Mirror where Debs (Benson MWC) shared her story of working as a 999 and 101 call handler in these times. Her job has been particularly harrowing during the Covid-19 crisis and she believes she wouldn’t have been able to do it if it wasn’t for her choir. We are extremely proud of the support our network brings in these difficult times.
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