Are we seeing the start of a new PPE crisis?
We sent a survey to every person who originally ordered face shields from 3D Crowd during the first wave. We hoped and prayed that the PPE crisis was over for good, however, while not a crisis, the people who replied gave us a mixed picture of the state of face shields supplies and PPE across …
3D Crowd – October Update – Including BIG news!
Hi All Your friendly 3D Crowd CEO here the rest of the admin let me out of my cage briefly to update you. There’s some BIG news, some updates and some housekeeping to get through so grab your soy latté, pull up a chair and let’s get started. First the housekeeping – Slack / Discourse …
Why we decided it was time for a new 3D Crowd logo
Back in early April(ish) 2020, the original 3D Crowd logo was born in a blur of the growing pandemic and worsening PPE crisis. It was a time of getting things done, not sweating the small stuff or meetings with marketing agencies. It’s still not, but things have, of course, changed. We had a huge PPE …
#MeetTheMakers – Andrew Kellman – 52 from London
What inspired you to get involved with 3DCrowd? I have a 3D printer and I wanted to try to make a difference in the lives of people who were (and still are) making a difference. My 3D Printer was sitting idle for about 3 months prior to me joining 3D Crowd. About a week before …
Welcome to the Future of 3D Crowd
Firstly, we should say a huge thank you to everyone who has been part of this incredible journey. It has not been easy, there have been many highs and lows. However, if anyone said to you 4 months ago that you’d be part of a 8,000 strong community of 3D printers, assemblers, blaggers, delivery drivers, …
#MeetTheMakers – Soumil Sahjpall – 13 – Mill Hill
Background Name: Soumil Sahjpall Age: 13 Where are you based? Mill Hill Your local hub/coordinator: Michael Noonan 3D Crowd What inspired you to get involved with 3DCrowd? I had a spare 3d printer as a birthday present, and after finding out from Michael Noonan, that 3d printing could help the NHS I got printing right …
#MeetTheMakers – Andy Perrin – 42 from Barnet
Local hub/coordinator – QE BOYS, Michael Noonan What inspired you to get involved with 3DCrowd? I am a Prusa Printer fan and follow printing enthusiasts on social media and saw the ShieldsUp response in the US and what Prusa have been doing in the Czech Republic. I felt like I had the capability and I …
3D Crowd Weekly Update – 26th May – 168k+ Face Shields Distributed
Hi Everyone We hope you are enjoying the weather! Firstly, we have now raised £144,000 on our national Go Fund Me, what a fantastic achievement, but we are still receiving orders for approx 1,000 face shields a day. So we need to keep raising money. We are exploring lots of other funding options too, including …
#MeetTheMakers – Darragh Broadbent – 30 from Wetherby
In our latest #MeetTheMakers we chatted with Darragh who has been with us since pretty much the beginning. Which to many probably feels like a lifetime ago, if not a completely different life altogether. What’s your role at 3D Crowd? I’m currently the regional coordinator for Yorkshire. What’s your experience with 3D printing? I have …
3D Crowd Weekly Update – 18th May – 145k+ Face Shields Distributed
Whether you’ve been with 3D Crowd since the start (has it really only been 8 weeks?), a new member, thinking of joining or donating. We wanted to share our latest newsletter for anyone who is interested in what 3D Crowd is doing to continue to provide Face Shields to the NHS and frontline workers across …