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Update (24
October 2009)
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Update (17 October 2009)
PRIDE FORMAL
HANDOVER TO PARISH COUNCIL
Noon, 24 October 2009
At last, a date has been arranged for the
formal handover of the defibrillator into the custody of the Parish
Council.
This will be a low key affair happening on Saturday 24 October at
noon. All of you are cordially invited to join us. There will be a
celebratory
glass of wine and nibbles available in the Ring o’ Bells
afterwards, as small
token of thanks for all your magnificent support for the project (this
will not
be paid for from the Pride funds!). The cabinet will open so that all
can see
what you have brought.
There are now 26 people who have received
initiation training. A further course will be arranged in the near
future for
any who want learn how to use it, together with resuscitation training.
Contact
Sara Grimshaw (472372) if you want to attend but be quick as places are
filling
rapidly. Subsequently, refresher training will be provided.
We are extremely grateful
for the recent
generous donation from the Book Exchange in the pub.
There will be future fundraising events (yes,
we DO still require funds, mainly for training) yet to be decided. The
Chocolate Evening raised over £200 which will help pay for
the next training
session.
We are in the process of sorting out the, very
temporary, hood over the light, hopefully by replacing the current
lighting with
a completely different type of light.
Update
(28 July 2009)
 You will all be pleased to
hear, that the long wait is over.
Planning permission for the installation of the AED storage box on the
wall of the Village Hall was granted on 20th July and the cabinet was
installed on the right-hand-side of the Village Hall on 28th.
At the moment we have a defibrillator on loan until the one
we
have ordered (the Medtronic Lifepak CR Plus Fully Automatic AED)
arrives. The AED is now fully operational, and the
necessary
arrangements with the Ambulance Service have been put into
action. to ensure the code is available to anyone dialing 999.
Plans are in hand to run further training courses. We are waiting for
dates from the instructor, but probably some time in August, so if
you’d like to learn how to use the machine, and
haven’t
already put your name down, please let Sara Grimshaw know on 472372.
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People
have shown concern that we are still fund-raising
after everybody in the village has been so generous. Although we do
have cash in the kitty, we need to pay for future training, which is a
considerable expense, and there are certain maintenance and running
costs. Refresher training needs to be carried out at a
minimum of
once a year and the recommendation is two times a year. So every so
often we will be holding a fundraising event to cover these costs. The
next event will be a Chocolate Evening on 10th October. Details nearer
the time.
We are
intending to have an official opening. You will be
advised when it is.