Meet the volunteers carrying out hundreds of vaccinations a day

  • Report from Jennifer Buck


Across the North West, thousands of people have put their lives to one side and become vaccination volunteers, helping implement the biggest and fastest mass vaccination programme this country has ever known.

They have come from all walks of life and volunteered to deliver the vaccinations that should get us on the road to normality.

Rachel Usher Credit: ITV News

Rachel Usher is normally fighting fires for Lancashire Fire and Rescue, now she's delivering a life saving service of a different kind

Maureen Abson was forced to close her massage training business during the first lockdown and when the vaccination programme was rolled out she saw an opportunity to help

The online training course to become a vaccinator is open to everyone and the on the job training is carried out under the watchful eye of medically trained professionals

Andy Hammond Credit: ITV News

Andy manages a charity that normally plans holidays for adults with learning disabilities, when he was forced to take a break he still wanted to help people