Edinburgh woman raising money to donate skincare products to NHS workers

Clair Gracie, 28 and from Gilmerton, works as a home consultant for the Body Shop and helped to raise donations to buy skincare products for key workers during the pandemic last year.

To show her support as we enter the second national lockdown, she wants to do it again.

In her appeal she said: "When we went into our first lockdown loads of you answered our call and we donated hundreds of hand creams and sheet masks to our incredible NHS workers. I would love to be able to do this again - they need them now more than ever!!

“Their hands will still be extra sore with all the sanitising and the skin on their faces is really suffering with constant mask wearing.”

Donations can be accepted in sets of £5 and you are able to choose between donating a hand cream, a sheet mask or two bottles of hand sanitiser.

If you would like to donate more than £5 you can choose which extra products you would like to donate.

For every £100 donated, Ms Gracie will be donating her £25 pound commission, she told the Evening News: “I do not want to gain from this, just to support those in need - it's all going into the pot.”

While Ms Gracie is raising donations for Edinburgh based key workers, she is part of a larger team who are each raising money to donate products to key workers in their local areas, two team members live in Bonnyrigg while another two are based in England.

Ms Gracie will be donating the products to three different locations in Edinburgh: the Royal Infirmary, Newbattle Medical Practice and the Covid Assessment Centre in the Western General Hospital.

All of the items will be sent to the locations to ensure government guidance on social distancing and safety is followed.

If you would like to donate you can do so until the end of January by visiting Ms Gracie’s Facebook page here or emailing her at [email protected].

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