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Wyre and Fylde community defibrillators fund
Let's help save lives
Helen Crane and Gilly Atkinson make up the team who endlessly fundraise to supply and maintain public access defibrillators around the wyre and Fylde area.The team was established in June 2021 and to date have successfully raised enough to provide 50 of these life saving devices to the local communities of Fleetwood, Poulton, Thornton-cleveleys, over wyre and now the bispham area.
Our Background
The fundraising group was founded by Helen Crane in June 2021 with support from Gillian Gallagher, who owns Dolly's kiosk in Fleetwood. Helen, a senior health care assistant who has worked in the care sector for over 15 years, and Gillian, a pillar of the community, saw the need of a public access defibrillator at Fleetwood boating lake where Dollys kiosk is situated.They realised the importance of a life saving device in the area due to how busy the boating lake can get with a lot of foot traffic of all ages. They started by organising a raffle where local businesses donated prizes to, this raised over £3000 and thanks to a charity called London hearts, they managed to raise enough for 3 life saving units with external heated cabinets. They didn't stop there, they organised events such as family fundays, pub quizzes, chocolate bingo evenings etc.This helped them raised enough for 10 life saving devices for the Fleetwood area.In November, Gilly Atkinson jumped on board to help the team and to raise awareness of the importance of defibrillators as in April 2021, Gilly sadly lost her daughter, aged 29 due to a cardiac arrest. Her daughter, Laura West, was a medic in the army and was swimming in Lancaster when tragically she suffered a cardiac arrest and sadly passed away. Since June 2021, the team have held special events, continuously promoting their mission, spreading the awareness of these life saving devices and their importance and have raised enough to supply and maintain 50 of these units to date and they continue to try for more.Sadly, Gillian had to take a back step from the fundraising group in late part of 2023 for family reasons but she still remains close to our hearts.We have now recruited guardians to help us maintain our ever growing life saving devices which allows us to plan more events and liaise with others for future placements.
Follow our journey and help support our mission
Helen Crane
Founder
Gilly Atkinson
Founder
Harry Crane
Helps with our fundraising
Brian Crane
Helps with our fundraising
Flo Crane
Fundraising and Fleetwood defib guardian
Emma Walton
Fundraiser and Thornton-cleveleys defib guardian
Debbie Bowden
Fleetwood defib guardian
Gill Bailey
Over wyre defib guardian
Julie Leece
Over wyre defib guardian
Peter Coney
Over wyre defib guardian
Stuart Burns
Electrician
Ian Hooper
Ambassador
Matt Consadine
Thornton-cleveleys defib guardian
Ian Gibson
Over wyre defib guardian
Anthony and Paul from AJ roofing
Defibrillator installers 😃
Fundraising
This section will give you an insight and information about what we have done and future events
Wyre community lottery
We are now part of the wyre lottery!!!This is a local lottery which help support local community groups and charities.This is a weekly draw and prizes up to £25,000Tickets start from £1 a week.*50% of the ticket price goes towards helping our fundraising mission *10% goes towards helping another local charity/community group*40% goes towards the prize fund
The more people buying tickets and selecting our community group, the more we can raise towards the maintenance of these life saving devices.
Once in place, the defibrillators require regular maintenance, replacement batteries and pads (these are single use only) and ensuring they are emergency ready and the cabinet is in working order.This means we rely on the fundraising and donations.
They also hold a monthly draw for various prizes such as holidays, technology bundles etc
In memory of
We have had donations from families who have sadly lost a family member.In memory of the individual who has passed away, we have dedicated a life saving unit to them with a slate memorial plaque.
If you would like to dedicate one of our defibrillator units to a loved one we ask for a donation of £150 which will go towards the maintenance of the unit and we will place a In memory of...... plaque
Please send us an email for more information
Handmade items
Helen Crane makes heart themed items to sell which all proceeds go towards the defibrillator fund. Items include:* Keyrings £2* Bracelets £2 *Bookmarks £1 *Earrings £1 a pair *Wine glass charms £3 for a set of 4 *Necklaces £2
These can be made in a range of colours and heart charms
Please follow link for examples of our handmade items
Fleetwood community defibrillators
Our public access defibrillators in Fleetwood are placed:
*Fleetwood boating lake*Andre's salon on Highbury ave*Broadwater store*Trinity Baptist church on poulton road/dronsfield road*Dave's beach kiosk*North Euston hotel*Larkholme primary school*Rossall tavern at larkholme*Fleetwood bowling club*Ash Street post office*JT Byrne's funeral home at West view*Broadway rooms at st Nick's church *Raceways *Farmer Parrs animal world
*top of Chatsworth Ave*Westway area near the old Rossall hospital *St wulstens Church Hall
Poulton community defibrillators
Our public access defibrillators in Poulton are placed:*The vape store in market square*Miller and carter pub at highcross*Londis store on station road*Hardhorn dental practice on hardhorn road*St Martin's and st Hilda's church in Carleton*Poulton civic centre
Thornton-cleveleys community defibrillators
Our public access defibrillators in Thornton-cleveleys are placed:
*New Yorker sundaes*Tramway pub*Bourne post office*Marsh mill centre *Tarnway shop *St Johns church in little Thornton *the corner chippy on beach road *Mobiltune at four lane ends *Moys vets at norcross roundabout *Golden Eagle pub on North drive *Gardeners Arms in Thornton
Special mentions
We would like to give a special mention to our electricians, Stuart Burns, Carl Atkinson and Anthony Jackson of AJ roofing. They give their time and skills for free to get the defibrillator units in place and emergency ready.Without their kindness we wouldn't have been able to get these units in place as quick as we have.So a massive thank you ❤️
We would also like to give a special mention to our family and friends who help us with our events, especially......*Brian Crane*Harry Crane*Flo Crane*Emma Walton* TJ and Debbie Leech
Making a donation
If you would like to make a donation, please contact us for our group account details.
https://www.facebook.com/wyreandfyldecommunitydefibs
Upcoming events
Here we will update as and when.This section will give you information on any of our upcoming events.
Upcoming events.....
❤️we are working with Fylde Coast community first responders to hold community awareness sessions on how to perform CPR and how to use a defibrillator, please watch out for upcoming dates. We will be arranging sessions in: January (over wyre), March (Poulton), May (kirkham), July (Fleetwood), September (south shore) November (area to be confirmed). These sessions are free, however, any donations are greatly appreciated as we do not get funding so rely on donations.❤️ Saturday March 30th, we will be holding a family funday at St nicks church hall in Fleetwood 11-3. There will be games, tombola, lucky dip, raffles etc❤️ We are in collaboration with the team at blue skies charity and ian hooper to hold a big event in October to celebrate 'restart a heart'day, look out for more information. ❤️14th December, we will be holding a children's Xmas party with a special visit at st hildas church hall in Carleton 1-3pm, this will be £5 per child💙all proceeds from our fundraising go straight to the supply and maintenance of our 50 public access defibrillators to ensure they are always emergency ready. Maintenance includes replacing the pads once used or when out of date (these are currently £350 for a set of 5), replacing batteries (approx £250 each) and also prep kits (approx £13.50 each). With 50 life saving devices at the moment, the total of the upkeep is amense so we need to keep fundraising and spreading awareness with your support.💙
⭐ Don't forget we also have our wyre community lottery which runs every Saturday, check out our lottery section for more details⭐
Over wyre defibrillators
Our defibrillator units:*Knott end working men's club*Hambleton village news *knott end ferry cafe *Moy vets hambleton*Moss side nursery *the shard Riverside Inn *the brew n sprocket, Preesall *duck street, Pilling, *wyre fitness gym in hambleton
Past fundraising events
Here, you will find a list of our previous fundraising events which has helped towards raising so much to help us supply and maintain these essential units.*Family fundays at Dolly's kiosk and new Yorker sundaes *Raffles with prizes donated by local businesses and some national businessess *Psychic nights with David Taylor and Emma Kinsey*Chocolate and wine bingo*CPR and how to use a defibrillator community awareness sessions with the Fylde coast community first responders*Various stalls in the local communities such as Poulton teanlowe centre, affinity outlet village in Fleetwood and Fleetwood market.*Halloween party. *External fundraising donations such as donations from churches, local Facebook pages etc. Our very own Helen walked up the big one at Blackpool pleasure Beach whichbwas a huge achievement as she is so scared of heights.
We have been so overwhelmed by the support.
Many thanks
CPR awareness
We are working in partnership with Fylde Coast community first responders who help us hold public awareness sessions on how to perform CPR and how to use a defibrillator. Look out for our future events on the upcoming events page or our Facebook page. These sessions are extremely helpful and informative and helps support members of the public to be confident enough to help save a life if they find themselves in an emergency cardiac arrest situation.
You can also find information and videos online such as.....
https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/how-to-do-cpr/learn-cpr-in-15-minutes
Bispham/blackpool defibrillators
Our bispham and blackpool defibrillators are placed:*salon furniture direct on holyoake Ave, *redbricks care home, little bispham, *teetime golf, *the Waterloo music bar
Kirkham defibrillators
Our kirkham defibrillators are placed:
*remembrance way near kirkham allotments
'Westy29' portable defibrillator
✨️Westy29✨️
In memory of Laura West 🌈🩷1992-2021🩷🌈
We are so so excited for our venture.
Our new portable defibrillator for hire.
This would be available for individuals, groups etc to hire for events such as cycling, hiking, walking, scout camps etc where it is remote.
This will help give anyone in a cardiac emergency the best possible chance of survival while awaiting medical assistance.
We have decided on the following...
💙A set donation of £25 for day hire
💚A set donation of £50 for 2 day hire
💜 an extra £20 per day there after
🩷We will offer scout, cub, beaver, brownie groups, 10% discount
Please contact us for more information or to book from 1st May 2024
Wyreandfyldedefibs@outlook.com
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