Community spirit and concern for others has been on full display at Steam museum. Almost 300 people answered the borough councils’ appeal for volunteers to help out at the Covid-19 vaccination centre that has been set up inside the tourist attraction. In fact the response was so great there are no more vacancies for stewards to help and advise others as they get their life-saving jabs. Council solicitor Craig Hallett was among the many people who braved the cold, working as a marshal in the museum’s car park. He said: “I saw the call for volunteers in the council’s weekly staff e-newsletter and realised at some stage my little boy will no doubt study the pandemic as part of his education, when he’s older.
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And it might even be delivered by a Swindon councillor. St John Ambulance is training more than 30,000 volunteers across England. They have stepped forward to help speed up the vaccination process as coronavirus continues to grip the country. They will be deployed to sites across the country, including Steam. Yesterday seven mass vaccination sites opened, with Bristol the closest to Swindon. One of the volunteers is Dale Heenan, the ward councillor for Covingham and Dorcan. He said: “ Every jab in every arm makes a difference and takes us one step closer to life returning to normal, and we should all be doing what we can to support the vaccine rollout. It is the only way of ending this Covid pandemic.