A GROUP of engineering students from Wrexham have shown their gratitude to the town’s health workers.

The final year students from Glyndwr University, who are all from various European countries, worked alongside senior lecturer in aeronautical engineering, Dr Shafiul Monir, to co-ordinate a food donation to the NHS community mental health team.

This came after realising that the food they were set to leave behind on their return to their respective homes could be put to use in the local community during the current coronavirus pandemic.

One of the students, Philipp Heinrich, explained that he was driven to make the collection to ensure it would reach ‘the people who need it most'.

He said: "With my classmates and flatmates safely back home in Germany and France, and with me returning to Switzerland this Friday, we realised there were a lot of food and home products - that could have otherwise gone to waste.

"Therefore, I worked to organise a collection with help from Dr Monir to provide this donation to some of the people who need it most."

The donation is just one of the ways in which students on Glyndwr’s engineering courses have worked to help the community in recent times.

Dr Monir, added: "Our students who come from European countries to study with us feel they are part of the community while studying in Wrexham.

"In the past, EU engineering students have also raised money for Wrexham homeless during the Christmas period.

"The students hope that everyone stays safe during these troubled times, and hope to see all staff and fellow students during their graduation later this year."

The community mental health team at Ty Derbyn in Wrexham have welcomed the donation from Glyndwr, which has joined donations from companies and organisations across Wrexham to help those in need.

Angela Jones, from the community mental health team at Ty Derbyn, said: "As part of our adapted roles during these difficult times and to offer a much needed service to their clients who access services through Ty Derbyn, Heather Harvey and I decided to make up food and toiletry parcels for clients who needed them most - those with physical and mental health conditions who were unable to leave the house.

"We have been asking companies and organisations if they would consider donating and have been overwhelmed by their generosity especially Glyndwr University’s engineering students, Kellogg’s, Farmfoods and Iceland.

"Ty Derbyn’s staff team have also added to the growing collection.

"These parcels are now being made up and are being delivered to client’s doorsteps by Ty Derbyn’s healthcare support workers and support time and recovery workers - Angela, Ian, Amy and Rebecca."