PRESS RELEASE
EF Bulmer Benevolent Fund Grant to support Heartstart
Herefordshire Heartstart are delighted to announce the receipt of a grant from the EF Bulmer Benevolent Fund for £5,000. This is to support the running costs of setting up and delivering Community Heartstart courses throughout Herefordshire.
Herefordshire Heartstart rely on grants and donations to support this training, we welcome donations or fundraising from any group or individual who can support the charity.
Heartstart courses are available to anyone and teaches the essential skills to keep someone alive until the emergency services arrive. This includes dealing with choking, serious bleeding, heart attack, unconsciousness and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
Loraine Coleman Co-ordinator/Project Manager “I am delighted that the EF Bulmer Benevolent Fund have agreed to support us again over the coming year. The grant will help us to carry on teaching these essential skills throughout Herefordshire.”
To book a course for your group or to book onto a public course or to make a donation, email info@herefordshireheartstart.org or Contact the Co-ordinator/Project Manager Loraine Coleman on 01432 850067 or go to www.herefordshireheartstart.org
Notes to Editor:-
Herefordshire Heartstart is a registered charity (no 1082309) established in 1996 and is affiliated to the British Heart Foundation to run free two hour How to save a life courses, both in the community, for members of the public, other voluntary organisations, groups and schools. Heartstart is an initiative of the British Heart Foundation, but we are not funded by them, the local Council or Government to deliver our free training.
Written by:- Loraine Coleman, Co-ordinator and Schools Project Manager on 01432 850067 or email info@herefordshireheartstart.org or you can write to Herefordshire Heartstart, PO Box 305, HEREFORD HR1 9JD
Press release issued 12/5/16 4pm
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