A DARLINGTON college's club has joined forces with Rotary International to support their Purple4Polio initiative.

Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College's Interact Club has joined the campaign which sees students raise funds to provide vaccinations for children in Africa with over 200 vaccines having been donated by the college.

The name 'Purple4Polio' comes from the idea that when a child receives their polio immunisation, their little finger is painted with a purple dye to indicate that they have been vaccinated.

At Rotary International's 116th birthday celebrations, held virtually, guests were invited to wear purple and a video was shown highlighting all of the work done by QE students.

Lorna Macdonald, co-president of the College's Interact Club, comments: "The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us all how important vaccinations are, however we are lucky with some countries simply not having access to them.

I’m proud that as a group we have been able to change the lives of 200 children by donating vaccinations."