Community Defibrillator and CPR Training Programme

A massive thank you for supporting our project to install Public Access Defibrillators in Redditch!

Great News is that the telephone kiosk in Astwood Bank identified for our first installation has this week been decommissioned by BT and handed over to Community Heartbeat Trust (CHT) for conversion on our behalf. 

We met with the CHT team on Wednesday and have confirmed our order for a ‘Managed Solution’ as follows:

• Lifeline VIEW defibrillator (incl. carry case and spare electrodes)
• ShockBox Rotaid cabinet 
• Telephone kiosk Battenberg signage (see below)
• Community signage 
• Rescuer safety kit 
• Delivery

Total initial donation = £1585

In addition we will incur costs for:

• Installation by CHT = £200 + VAT (covers electrician)
• Managed solution set-up = £100 (insurance set up)
• Annual support agreement = £135 per annum + VAT.

Total investment for year one is £2087

There is an ongoing cost of £135 per annum for the support agreement and we will engage with local community to support this.

OUR NEXT STEPS

1. To clean the telephone kiosk and tile the floor – volunteers required
2. Painting the kiosk to enhance the visual impact – volunteers required 
3. Set a date and venue for the CPR training that CHT is going to provide - this training is open to the community

 The defibrillator could be here within a couple of weeks so we are getting our work plans in place NOW!

We hope you are as pleased with this progress/news as we are; the Public Access Defibrillator will be a great community asset and one day may well save someone’s life!

 When we complete this installation we'll be onto the next so PLEASE keep your donations flowing in...

Links:

• Read about the features of the Lifeline View Defibrillator