The Scrubbery has received a number of awards for its work, which represent the work of the whole team. Rosie has provided a platform since February 2020, for hundreds of thoughtful people to make a serious contribution supplying scrubs and other necessary items to every London hospital trust, and further afield, plus at least 50 GP practices and their associated care homes, as well as vaccination clinics all over London.
We have machinists in their 90s as well as teenagers whom we have taught to sew. Students from local schools doing community service for their Duke of Edinburgh awards. Volunteer riders shuttling items all over the country. People and organisations donating time, money, sewing machines and luxury contents for our wellbeing bags which we have been assembling to give encouragement and thanks to exhausted healthcare workers.
The Scrubbery has provided a source of focus and community for its volunteers throughout the pandemic, giving a sense of purpose and achievement. This has been an inspiring team effort, and thanks are due to so many, in particular the Parish of Putney and Bank of England for providing premises for us to work from as our cutting and sewing continues.