The Great BTH Knit Revisited

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is launching a new campaign and needs YOU to get involved.
 
The ‘Great BTH Knit Revisited’ needs knitted and crocheted rainbow coloured squares and flowers to create a post Covid-19 woollen structure to serve as both a memorial piece and a thank you of all the hard work of our NHS staff and key workers during the current pandemic.
 
It also recognises the crucial role played by people who heeded the advice to stay at home to protect the NHS and keep people safe.
 
Leading the campaign for the Trust is Nigel Fort. He said: “We want to get the whole community involved, just like we did with our Cloak of Poppies campaign for the 100th anniversary of World War One. We would like this campaign to be even bigger.
 
“Many of our community are getting in touch with offers of help and we hope that getting involved will bring people together from a distance and in doing so give thanks to all our key workers and remember those who have sadly lost their lives to the virus.”
 
Once again, the structure will be housed in the main entrance of Blackpool Victoria Hospital and will remain a secret until the reveal date is announced once the pandemic is over. The space will be a place for community, patients and staff to come together, talk about their experiences and leave dedications for those who have lost their lives. There will also be a woollen display at Clifton Hospital.
 
You can post the squares and flowers and following infection prevention advice, we will not open the package for 72 hours. We are now booking  collections to pick up items too, especially for those unable to leave their homes. 
To be part of this poignant campaign, people are asked to make six by six inch or 15.24cm by 15.24cm knitted or crocheted squares of one colour or mutli-coloured –  any colour of the rainbow will do. Squares can be made individually and ideally,  can be attached together as the structure will have a patchwork effect. Flowers can be knitted or crocheted following any pattern.
 
Contributors are also encouraged to take photographs and upload them to The Great BTH Knit Revisited Facebook page.
 
Nigel added: “We are aiming to create something that everyone can be proud of and be able to spend time to reconnect with the each other. It will also be a place to display dedications and messages of remembrance. We are all in this situation together and together we can honour all those affected and those who have bravely carried on throughout the worst pandemic in generations.”