Another fanatstic Group or Project of the Year nomination – Walney Island Community First Responders – if they win that’ll be a challenge for the trophy engravers as it has to be one of the longest nomination names in the 2015 Love Barrow Awards!
This group was founded in 2010 by Chris Fagan and his wife Colleen Fagan.
“Over time, a small group of volunteers from Walney Island use an on call system to attend Catagory 1 calls for The ambulance service. The group are all volunteers who have trained to deal with cardiac arrests, choking, bleeding and many other life threatening conditions. They are called to all Category 1 calls on Walney who attend in attendance with the ambulance providing support and in some cases have attended prior to the ambulance getting there, initialising treatment early.”
The group provides First Response cover to Walney 24/7 365 days a year.
The group is self funding, basic equipment is provided by North West ambulance however, ongoing community fundraising continues to provide equipment needed. Fundraising also provided Walney Island with many public access defibrillators.
The group also provide free training to groups or individuals who want training using these vital life saving devices.
A great team doing great work on Walney Island – well done on your nomination!
BREAKING NEWS – congratulations on making it to the final three in this category, see you on the red carpet at the Forum in March!