BBC backs our brain injury survivor’s face shield appeal for NHS!

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Brain injury survivor, Demelza Fry will be talking about her campaign to support frontline Covid-19 workers in a BBC Radio interview this weekend.

The Krysalis neuro occupational therapy client is coordinating a GoFundMe appeal to supply urgently needed face shields to key medical and care workers.

Demelza, 42, sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a pedestrian in a horrific road accident in 2016 when she was hit by a car and it rolled over, crushing her.

She says she “owes her life” to the NHS and those who have supported her in her on-going recovery since the accident.

Demelza, who lives in Brighton, will be highlighting her campaign with presenter, Joe Talbot on both BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey.

She has also launched a new Facebook page - Face Shields of Sussex – which shows pictures of staff wearing the face shields provided via the appeal.

So far, Demelza and a small number of volunteers have distributed face shields across East and West Sussex to staff in:

Hospitals
Care Homes
Nursing homes
Homeless shelters

However, she’s now appealing for extra help in the following ways:

More donations
More people to share the GoFundMe link
More people to help assemble the face shields from home
More people to help coordinate the distribution
Help to find a company that can sanitise the face shields in Sussex

A big thanks to everyone who has contributed so far. It has potentially saved the lives of many

Demelza

Demelza will be on air on Saturday at 03.45pm on BBC Radio Sussex (104.5, 104.8 & 95.0–95.3 FM or www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_sussex) and BBC Radio Surrey (104.0 & 104.6 FM or www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_surrey)

You can help here:

To donate or offer practical support, please contact Demelza via the appeal site here Go fund me - Demelza's mission or the Facebook page here Facebook page - Face shields of Sussex

Krysalis has been providing neurological occupational therapy to Demelza to support her brain injury recovery since January 2019.

Downloadable Covid-19 resources for brain injury survivors and their families during the pandemic are available here: Krysalis Covid-19 resources

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