A celebrity comedian got stuck in making homemade coronavirus masks at a virtual Primrose Hill charity event.

Ham & High: People making masks in the Every Mitzvah Matters workshop. Picture: Yakir ZurPeople making masks in the Every Mitzvah Matters workshop. Picture: Yakir Zur (Image: @ Yakir Zur Photography)

Mitzvah Day hosted more than 250 people for the Zoom mask workshop with Hugh Dennis on June 16 as part of its interfaith social action scheme, Every Mitzvah Matters.

Participants were encouraged to gift their masks, made from old t-shirts, to friends, neighbours or family members after the session.

Hundreds of people of all faiths and backgrounds joined the workshop, including Reverend Margaret Cave, Rabbi Daniel Epstein, Rabbi Jeff Berger, broadcaster Dr Ellie Cannon, City Sikhs founder Jasvir Singh, Muslim activist Mash Joy, Gabi Mendelsohn of Young JAMI and Ahmereen Reza, a trustee of the Jewish/Muslim Women’s Network Nisa-Nashim.

READ MORE: Hundreds join Every Mitzvah Matters cook-along with Maureen LipmanREAD MORE: Mitzvah Day 2019: Calls for greener good deedsMock the Week and Outnumbered star Hugh said: “Small acts of kindness are terribly important not only now, but always, and it is wonderful to see first-hand the vital work Mitzvah Day does bringing people of all faiths and none together to help others in this way.”

Ham & High: Sam Lorinc-Young of East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue making his mask.Sam Lorinc-Young of East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue making his mask. (Image: Archant)

One of the youngest participants was seven-year-old Sam Lorinc-Young, who joined with his dad Nick.

Sam said: “I made a mask for my grandparents because they are going to make a barbecue for my birthday on Friday (June 19), and I will see them for the first time since start of the lockdown so I wanted to show my love for them.”

FOLLOW THE HAM&HIGH ON FACEBOOK TO JOIN THE DISCUSSIONMitzvah Day chair, Laura Marks, who is from Primrose Hill, said: “By making masks with joy, as a community and with recycled materials, we hope to show that together we can and will emerge stronger, more united and even, smiling.”

The mask-making event was run in partnership with The Alliance of Jewish Women and their Organisations, Barnet Multifaith Forum, Commonwealth Jewish Council, JVN-Jewish Volunteering Network, Near Neighbours, Nisa-Nashim, YoungJami and YourNeighbours.Org.

Ham & High: Mitzvah Day hosted more than 250 people for the Zoom mask workshop with Hugh Dennis as part of its interfaith social action scheme, Every Mitzvah Matters.Mitzvah Day hosted more than 250 people for the Zoom mask workshop with Hugh Dennis as part of its interfaith social action scheme, Every Mitzvah Matters. (Image: Archant)

Ham & High: Mitzvah Day founder Laura Marks.Mitzvah Day founder Laura Marks. (Image: Archant)