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Mar 2023

Last Updated: 31/03/2023

Community

17 more defibrillators to be available in Harrogate district

by Calvin Robinson

| 31 Mar, 2023

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Defibrillator in Ripon.

Local voluntary organisations in the Harrogate district are set to be given 17 public defibrillators.

The move comes as part of £22,000 worth of funding from Harrogate Borough Council.

The council, which will be abolished at the end of today, launched a defibrillator grant scheme in January.

Defibrillators provide 24-hour access to life-saving emergency equipment when a cardiac arrest is suspected.

The council has now selected the 17 groups which will receive them.

Cllr Richard Cooper, leader of Harrogate Borough Council and chair of the voluntary and community sector liaison group, said:

“I am delighted that the borough council has been able to provide these defibrillators to local communities.

“They can save lives, and while I hope they never have to be used, it is reassuring to know that so many are now out there across the district.”

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Dishforth Parish Council, which has received funding for a defibrillator, said:

"This grant will play a vital part in ensuring our parishioners and members of the public have the use of a defibrillator at the playing field and sports pavilion should it be needed.”

Starbeck Tennis Club said:

“It is so important to our members and the neighbourhood that this defibrillator is available for anyone who needs access as every second matters in a medical emergency.”

Groups that will receive defibrillators

1.      Dishforth Parish Council

2.      Fewston Parochial Hall

3.      Haverah Park with Beckwithshaw Parish Council

4.      Healey Masham

5.      High Ellington Masham

6.      Knaresborough Football Club

7.      Knaresborough Lions

8.      Knaresborough Forest Cricket Club

9.      Little Ribston Village Hall

10. Low Burton

11. Moor Monkton Parish Council

12. Ripon Community Link

13. Rotary Club of Knaresborough

14. Starbeck Tennis club

15. The Parish Meeting of South Stainley with Cayton

16. Thornthwaite Scout Centre

17. Thruscross Parish Council

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