Help us raise much needed funds for our Community Defibrillators!

We're raising money to purchase new Community Defibrillators in our village. 

We're working with The Community Heartbeat Trust, who is helping us with our fundraising. We've recently completed our adoption of our village Telephone Kiosk which will house a defibrillator and it will be given a fresh coat of paint as part of the project, once our defibrillator is ready to be installed.

Approximately 95% of people who suffer a Sudden Cardiac Arrest, will die before reaching the hospital and 30,000 people this year will suffer Sudden Cardiac Arrest. With effective community initiatives in place, the survival rate could be as high as 50%.

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 able to offer communities the opportunity to keep these kiosks.

BT and The Community Heartbeat Trust, are working together to help communities turn their adopted telephone boxes into local medical centres, by using them as homes for Public Access Defibrillators, storing the defibrillator in a well recognised, safe, weather-protected location. Adoption of the telephone box is £1 from BT. Documentation to adopt a kiosk is available from CHT via the adopt a kiosk button below or as a hard copy on request or from the BT website.