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Defibrillator for MVCP joined: CrowdFund Kent 5 months ago
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By Medway Valley Countryside Partnership
We are aiming to raise funds to purchase a fully-automatic defibrillator for adult or paediatric use which may prove lifesaving during our work with volunteers or when running events with the public
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Medway Valley Countryside Partnership is a non-profit environmental organisation based in Maidstone, Kent. We work with members of the public of all ages and support over 40 volunteers. We work on habitat restoration projects across Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling. We aim to Create, Sustain and Enhance Kent’s Landscape & its wildlife and to Develop, Manage and Support community-based environmental initiatives and Encourage and Enhance greater access in the outdoors and the corresponding health benefits. At times when carrying out conservation projects and events we work in remote locations which can be hard to access or be away from public roads, towns, or villages. We are raising funds to purchase a fully automatic defibrillator for adult or paediatric use which our team can carry and may prove lifesaving during our work should any of our volunteers, staff or members of the public experience cardiac arrest.
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Why it's a great idea:
Medway Valley Countryside Partnership having a defibrillator could be the difference between life and death for our volunteers, staff and members of the public. According to the British Heart Foundation there are 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year and there are around 7.6 million people living with a heart or circulatory disease in the UK: 4 million men and 3.6 million women. Around 1.4 million people alive in the UK today have survived a heart attack. Having a defibrillator close by and accessible when someone is experiencing cardiac arrest has a significant increase on their chances of survival, if used within the first 3-5 minutes of collapsing the survival rate can be up to 70%. However it is estimated that every minute without defibrillation decreases the chances of a person's survival by 10% and without CPR and early defibrillation only 5% of people who experience cardiac arrest are expected to survive.
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How will the money be spent?Total £1,249
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VolunteerWe are a non profit environmental orgainsation based in Maidstone Kent. We carry out a huge range of projects, activities, events and community engagement. We work with communities and local authorities, directly with landowners, schools, colleges and myriad specialist conservation groups in Kent. We are able develop and deliver project opportunities in a number of ways.
OUR AIMS
Since 1988 we have delivering these aims through many practical conservation projects throughout the Medway catchment and in the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge & Malling.
Project Owner: Medway Valley Countryside Partnership The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
