Melling residents now have access to a potentially life saving defibrillator thanks to fundraising by residents.
Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson attended the installation ceremony at the Horse & Jockey on Waddicar Lane alongside Melling parish councillors Tony Carr, Alan Todd and parish council chair Andrew Kyle, and Mark King, whose son Oliver died of a cardiac arrest in 2011 aged just 12.
The funding for the defibrillator, which will be housed at the Horse & Jockey pub and will be accessible by the public 24 hours a day, has come from an online crowdfund campaign, a charity night at the Melling Ratepayers Club and an abseil by Cllr Alan Todd.
Residents Sally McHigh and Debbie Millican also helped organise fundraising events.
The Oliver King Foundation was launched in 2012 after Liverpool schoolboy Oliver’s death. If a defibrillator had been available it may have saved Oliver’s life.
Mr Esterson said: “Defibrillators are vital pieces of equipment in all communities and can make the difference when it comes to surviving a heart attack. Mark has campaigned tirelessly to help save the lives of people who suffer cardiac arrest. The community has really come together in Melling to raise these funds for this lifesaving piece of equipment.”
PIC (left to right): Residents and fundraisers Sally McHugh and Debbie Milican, Cllr Andrew Kyle, Bill Esterson MP, Cllr Tony Carr, Cllr Alan Todd, Mark King.
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