Six defibrillators installed

ECCLESFIELD Parish Council and The Rotary Club of Wortley have joined forces and each has committed £5,000 to benefit the local community.

Six public access defibrillators have now been installed in the Ecclesfield Parish area, the first one being outside the Parish Council Offices. The others have now been installed at Grenoside Community Association, Ecclesfield Library, Kinsey Road, High Green, the Acorn Inn on Burncross Road and on Chapeltown toilets.

Cllr Garry Weatherall, the Chair of Ecclesfield Parish Council, said: “I cannot think of a better way of the Parish Council supporting its local community than by providing this vital lifesaving equipment which is available at all times of day and night.”

The Rotary Club of Wortley has been delighted to join with the Parish Council to support the scheme. All money donated by the Rotary Club has been raised locally and they feel it is therefore fitting that they support local initiatives such as this.

The Rotary Club is also partfunding a defibrillator being fitted at Hesley Wood Scout Camp and the Parish Council has agreed to pay for the maintenance of this machine along with the weekly maintenance of all the machines carried out by the contractor.

The defibrillators will be listed on the Yorkshire Ambulance Service database of life-saving public access defibrillators and can be called upon in an emergency to assist those suffering a cardiac arrest. Time and time again they have been shown to save lives.