Austrey Defibrillator Fundraiser

Do you know that for every minute someone is in cardiac arrest without CPR and access to a defibrillator, their chances of survival drops by up to 10%. Having a public access defibrillator available in an emergency can be life saving, especially in rural areas where ambulance response times may be longer. 

We very sadly had a situation recently where a defibrillator was used on one of our village residents and one of the key success factors in using a defibrillator is being able to access one in a very short time frame. To this end, we are looking to purchase another defibrillator to place in the village and also to arrange some training for this post COVID. 

Austrey Parish Council has set up this fundraiser and we would welcome any donations that residents can give please. The cost is around £1600 so we would ask you to give what you can. Just think, you could save the life of one of our fellow villagers.