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DO WE REALLY WANT TO LOSE THIS VILLAGE ICON?
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DO WE REALLY WANT TO LOSE THIS VILLAGE ICON?
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There's talk of a defibrillator unit conversion. I'd be sorry to see it go the way of all flesh - at least yet. . .
Connecting communities past, present and future
Connecting communities past, present and future
The red telephone box is a British design classic. And many of these iconic boxes, as well as more modern boxes are getting a new lease of life as part of our innovative Adopt a Kiosk programme.
This gives towns and villages up and down the country the chance to do something useful with their phonebox. Some of the projects already underway have really helped bring local people closer together – providing a focal point for the community.
How do I Adopt a Kiosk?
How do I Adopt a Kiosk?
For many towns and villages, the phonebox is part of the community's history and identity. People just don't want to have an empty space where the phonebox once stood.
If you want to protect it for future generations, you can apply to take ownership of it. Then, we'll remove just the phone and leave the box in place.
You can see how many other towns and villages in the UK have adopted their local phonebox on our Adopt a Kiosk map.
What can I do with a phonebox?
What can I do with a phonebox?
That's entirely up to you. There have been some fantastic projects up and down the country. These include phoneboxes being turned into grocery shops, wildlife information centres and art galleries. The Community Heartbeat Trust charity has even installed defibrillators in some local boxes.
So whether it's something that would bring a bit of culture, a practical solution or just a little joy and inspiration to your community, we'd love you to consider adopting.
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Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield Parish Council
27. Correspondence: Council is asked to note the correspondence received below; and inform the Clerk if it wishes to reply.
Parishioners Letter: We would like to approach the Parish Council with the view to see if you would action a project to install a Heart Defibrillator in the Parish. We know it has been looked at before but technology has moved forward since then and access is a lot easier.
The ideal site could be the Phone Box (Stourton has one in their Phone Box).BT has helped some Parish’s with this. Eight minutes is time you have from cardiac arrest till help is needed, the time for an ambulance to reach Maiden Bradley is longer than that.
Access is via a key pad with the number given from a 999 call, no training is needed as the machine instructs the user on how to and it has a safety device fitted so will not work if the patient does not need it. We know there is a need for one in the village especially with the high proportion of more mature parishioners within the parish boundary. One of us is very much living proof that they work, so we wish you to look more favourably at providing this equipment for the community
John Priestner 48 Church Street
Olwyn Hughes 47 Church Street
Heart attack help in the phone box
Posted on August 1, 2013 by horsingtonblog
Alongside the defibrillator will be a Village Emergency Telephone System (VETS). This will ring all the volunteers and first aiders simultaneously, and the first one to pick up can accept of refuse the call out. If they are unavailable, it will go on ringing the others until there is a positive response. VETS can be used for any medical emergency, not just heart attacks.
The scheme is the brainchild of parish councillor Charles James, who has agreed to provide some financial support – The defibrillator costs just under £2,000 and the VETS system costs £150 a year to run. It is hoped that the local authority will also help with funding, and donations are welcome from businesses and individuals.
A defibrillator delivers an electrical current through the chest which aims to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm allowing it to pump again. Rapid response using automated technology can significantly improve the quality of life of a survivor, as the longer the brain is starved of oxygen, the more damage that can occur.
A redundant village phone box has been fitted with life saving equipment.
BBC Wiltshire - Friday, 21 January 2011
The decommissioned red telephone kiosk, adopted by the Stourton with Gasper Parish Council, has been equipped with a public access defibrillator (PAD).
The PAD, supplied and installed by the Community Heartbeat Trust, was bought by the Parish Council as "ambulances generally can take some 40-45 mins to reach" the community.
"About 80% of cardiac arrests occur in the home or around the home," said Richard Schofield from the Community Heartbeat Trust.
"So it makes sense to have the resources for trying to save somebody available nearby."
Available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the phone box defibrillator is accessed using a combination code available from the emergency services by calling 999.
With spoken step-by-step instructions, "talking you through how to use it" the PAD requires no specialist training to operate.
"The misunderstanding that some people have is that somehow there'll be people chasing each other around trying to taser each other," said Mr Schofield.
"But it's very safe and will only administer a shock when it diagnoses that it needs to deliver a shock."
Funded with a £965 grant from Wiltshire Council and local village fund raising, the total cost of refurbishing and installing the life-saving equipment has been £2,000.
"The phone's been taken out, it's been refurbished and painted 'Post Office red' because we wanted to keep it looking like a telephone box," said local resident Andrew Morgan.
"And now we're hot to trot."
With first aid training sessions being organised for local residents, it's hoped the PAD could "make the difference between life and death".
"According to BT the phone box usage over the last couple of years has been a big fat zero," said Mr Morgan.
"And if the new defibrillator phone box gets the equivalent usage we'll be very, very happy."
No calls had been made from the box in over a year
Phone Box becomes emergency medical centre
Case Study - Stourton in Wiltshire
A REDUNDANT village phone box is to remain a vital lifeline for villagers who plan to use it to house a defibrillator machine in the booth.
Residents of isolated Stourton in Wiltshire hit on the novel use for the traditional red kiosk after BT announced it would disconnect the phone after no calls were placed from it for an entire year. Stourton and Gasper Parish Council has adopted the phone box and intends to use its existing power supply to keep the lifesaving equipment charged.
In use the machine delivers a powerful but controlled electric shock to restore normal heartbeat to victims of cardiac arrest.
Parish council clerk Julie Morgan said: "We were just going through the rigmarole of adopting the phone box from BT when we received a flier from the charity that installs the defibrillator machines. It came along at just the right time because we really didn't want to lose the phone box and this gave us the idea for a use for it.“
The innovative project has won the approval of Wiltshire Council which pledged a grant of £965 to the scheme at a meeting of its South West area board. The news will be especially welcome to one resident, who had to wait an hour for an ambulance to reach the remote village after suffering a heart attack, the board heard.The public access defibrillator is supplied and installed by the Community HeartBeat Trust charity and will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The machine is secured inside a lockable steel box which can be opened with a combination code available from the emergency services by calling 999. The machine is able to diagnose the type of heart attack a victim is suffering from and issues spoken step-by-step commands to tell the operator how to administer the treatment.
A £1,730 boost towards the purchase and installation of the equipment has been given by the National Trust, which owns the Stourhead Estate that the village lies within. The total cost of the installation will be around £2,000 but more money must be found to cover running costs and refurbishment of the phone box. Running costs are to be met by local fundraising and the project has already hit the mark with villagers who held a longbow competition on the village cricket pitch to help swell the coffers.
Mrs Morgan said: "The machine could be the difference between life and death for somebody, though we hope nobody ever needs it. It is great to see the community getting behind the idea.“
The use of a redundant telephone box is not unique to Wiltshire. Several villages are considering the idea including one in Leicestershire, due for installation in September 2010. “We are immensely grateful to British Telecom for assisting in this novel use of a familiar icon,” said Martin Fagan, Secretary to the Community HeartBeat Trust. “Phone boxes are ideal locations for emergency medical equipment due to their easily recognized locations”.
Turn your adopted BT telephone box into your village medical centre!
Turn your adopted BT telephone box into your village medical centre!
The famous Gilbert Scott designed K6 or Jubilee kiosk was launched in 1936 to celebrate King George V’s silver jubilee. By the 1960’s almost 70,000 kiosks could be found across the countryside, and while the public payphone service has undergone enormous changes since then, the traditional red kiosk had already forged itself as an iconic symbol of British life.
People use the public payphone service less and less these days. In order to maintain a social service where it is needed most, it has, in recent years, been necessary to reduce the overall number of public payphones on our high streets.
Understanding that the red telephone box plays a significant part in our national heritage and in many cases forms a focal point for communities across the country BT is pleased to now be able to offer communities the opportunity to keep these kiosks.
In this regard BT and The Community Heartbeat Trust, are working together to help communities turn their adopted telephone boxes into local medical centers, by using them as homes for Public Access Defibrillators, storing the defibrillator in a well recognized, safe, weather protected location.
In order to effect this change of use you will need to consider the following:
Adoption of the telephone box for £1 from BT. Documentation for this is available from CHT or from the BT website below.
Confirm change of electricity provider and arrange electricity supply.
Fitting of the cPAD box within the telephone box if required.
Typically this process can take a few weeks to perform, The BCF are also pleased to arrange the supply of red gloss and undercoat worth £75, free of charge to every community that adopts a phone box from BT with the intention of installing a defibrillator.
If you wish to convert your telephone box into a defibrillator location, please contact us for an information pack. More information can be found on the BT website below. In particular please refer to the FAQ section on the BT website.
More information can be found on the BT website at : HERE
Download telephone box case histories: HERE
Download adoption information: HERE
Download the Adopt a Kiosk Brochure HERE
Adopted red phone boxes transformed into life savers - Press Release
Nigel the Butcher in Pewsey talks about a project that has seen defibrillators installed in Pewsey to
improve the chances of people surviving a heart attack. He encourages other rural locations to
follow Pewsey's example. (19 Jun 2013)
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Yes, let's kill two birds with one stone!
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