Community Defibrillator and CPR Training Programme

It's been quite a journey and quite a learning curve but finally the Astwood Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) has been installed and is fully commissioned.

There have been a number of obstacles along the way to getting this first installation completed but the learning and understanding of community based installations has been well worth the effort.

Bureaucracy can get in the way but tenacity pays off and to see this first telephone box installation fully commissioned definitely makes the effort worthwhile.

Funding this and hopefully many other public devices, has been down to own wonderful donors both through the GlobalGiving contributions and grant funding that we have been able to secure. Our ambition is to provide a PAD in all areas of Redditch that are not protected and we will be starting our next campaign in early September. We have sufficient funds to meet half of the cost that is required for our next installation and if you wanted to contribute to the 2020 campaign that would be amazing!

As you'll have read in our project details, the ultimate aim is to ensure that all public access areas such as Shopping Centres, Community Centres, Parkland, rural locations, community/village shopping precincts house a defibrillator and that those in the area are confident to use them but importantly know it is there.    Retrospective research proves that increasing the automated external defibrillator effective location range can improve cardiac arrest coverage by 15%.  

This project will save lives and raise skills within the community and on behalf of Redditch Kingfisher Rotary Club and the people of Redditch a massive 'THANK YOU' to everyone who has contributed (financially or by time) to start the realisation of this vision!

Links:

• Join the Phase Two Crowdfunding Campaign!