A Black Country Gurdwara has teamed up with West
Midlands Police to make specialist masks for employees with religious beards
and facial hair. Gurdwara has
started making protective equipment that police officers with facial hair can
wear.
Ranjit Singh,
wrestling and sports manager at the gurdwara, said: "I was informed that officers with
beard and turbans were being taken off the frontline as they didn't have the
right protection in terms of PPE”."We started talking to Bob Eccleston,
who supplied us with the visors previously, and we started work to alter the
facemasks to create something that fully covers a beard."
The masks were
created by Mr. Eccleston, with support from the Heart of England Community
Foundation, who provided funding.The Gurdwara is now preparing to donate 200
masks to the National Police Sikh Association at a ceremony in Birmingham on
Monday.
The masks will then be distributed to
officers across the country, including forces in Greater Manchester,
Leicestershire, Kent and West Midlands.
Mr Singh added: "It means a lot to be
able to provide protection to officers across the country and it demonstrates
the community spirit of the Gurdwara as well.
"It's very rewarding to do something
like this, something that fits the spirit of Sikhism and we know that people
appreciate what we do, so it's great to be able to do this."
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