Needham Village Defibrillator

Fundraising for the Village Defibrillator

The fund raising committee would like to thank everyone who has given to this worthwhile cause.  It was decided in June to donate money raised at the monthly Red Lion coffee mornings,  which had started in November 2013, to a fund to buy a defibrillator for the village.   What a response! The first two mornings raised £107 and by 2 September £938 had been raised.

Sue at the Red Lion suggested holding an auction to raise money and this was held was held at the Red Lion on 28 September. The event was a huge success with very generous lots being donated and very generous bids being made.  A staggering sum of £719.00 was raised.  Thank you to all the donors, bidders and our very entertaining auctioneers!

The really good news is that we have reached £1998.70 leaving only another £201.30 before the final total is achieved.

As the Community Heartbeat Trust who are the suppliers of the defibrillator realised how hard we were trying to raise the money they decided to let us have the equipment before we actually reached our target so the defibrillator and box have already been installed on the wall outside the Red Lion. 

In addition to money raised at the coffee mornings we should like to thank individual donors who have been very generous.

Keith & Ann Barry,
John & Angie Morrish,
Steve & Petra Neaves,
Gill Powell,
Clive & Sue Read,
Del & Celia Snaith,
John & Jackie Spooner,
Jim & Liz Woodger,
Needham Parish Council,
South Norfolk Council,
Donation Box at the Red Lion


Defibrillator Information Evening


John Morrish with Martin Render from the Community Heart Beat Trust who demonstrated the use of the new village defibrillator at the Red Lion on 27 October. The defibrillator is now in position on the wall outside the Red Lion. For more information please contact John through needhamlink@gmail.com 

One of the interesting pieces of information given by Martin was that approximately 100,000 people die each year from cardiac arrest. One child dies every day from cardiac arrest.  If a person suffering from cardiac arrest has access to a defibrillator within 5 minutes the chance of survival is much greater. So do familiarise yourself with the procedure for accessing this vital piece of equipment.