L-R: Nic Harrison (Head Teacher), Victoria Burrows (Hand on Heart), Phill Jones (Insignia Resourcing), William Taylor (Pupil), Leon Thomas (Pupil- Head Boy), Debbie Stokes (West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce) and Jacob Burford (Pupil)
The West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce Focus Group gathered on Friday to donate the second defibrillator to Rhosnesni High School in Wrexham.
The second of 5 defibrillators that were bought through funds raised at the West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce Annual Ball, was donated to a local High School in Wrexham. The money from the ball was raised in aid of Hand on Heart, a Charity that holds the aim of placing a number of defibrillators in schools around the country, to attempt to minimise the deaths caused by cardiac arrest in young people.
3 boys from the High School have volunteered to train in using the defibrillator, alongside 11 staff and up to 30 pupils from the school; Hand on Heart want to continue to educate schools on the importance of having a defibrillator on their premises and will continue to do so through the awareness and support from local businesses.
The money to fund the defibrillators was raised at the West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce Annual Ball, held at the Chester Grosvenor Hotel in October. 200 guests attended the fantastic night and a grand total of £5,300 was raised for Hand on Heart. All defibrillators are now being distributed into schools around the West Cheshire and North Wales region- a fantastic result for all!
Debbie Stokes- Membership Director, said: ‘Hand on Heart really is a great Charity that we have been able to help, defibrillators within schools could save many lives and it is so important that we are able to train pupils and teachers alike to be able to use them. I wanted to extend a big thank you to all that attended our Annual Ball and made this donation possible, this wouldn’t have been able to happen without your fantastic generosity.’
Nic Harrison, Headteacher, said ‘I would like to say a big thank you to Hand on Heart and the West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce for their extremely generous donation. My staff and students will be trained in the use of the defibrillator and we are fully behind such an important scheme’
