I'm fundraising to replace obsolete AEDs (defibrillators) in the Bollington district.

When someone has a cardiac arrest, the act of CPR and the use of an AED significantly improves that person's chances of survival. Without these, the patient, who at this point is clinically dead, will remain so.

In Bollington and Kerridge, we have ten public access AEDs for which I have a guardianship role on the national database (BHF The Circuit).

Initial installations from 2012 placed six Lifepak CR Plus AEDs around Bollington, one of the units of choice at the time with ambulance services. These units were later discontinued and recently this year, the batteries and pads have also been discontinued.

Now we need to replace all these AEDs - at a cost of approx. £900 each - starting with four required this year.

Bollington has been extremely generous over the years supporting fundraising events to maintain our AEDs (thanks go to Midge and Kathryn – you both know just how valuable and appreciated your efforts have been/are).

I’m hoping to use this GoFundMe page to target to fund all six units and also start to replace some of the older cabinets.