Special reasons for Clifton Park's life-saving addition

A LIFE-SAVING defibrillator has been installed at Clifton Park in memory of a special person.

Rodger Kelly was the brother of much-loved Rotherham Harriers Athletics Club member Simon Kelly and worked at Rush House Support Services just outside the park.

The defib helps get the heart beating again when someone is in cardiac arrest. It has been installed near the playground on the course of the weekly parkrun.

A Harriers spokeswoman said: “Defibrillators save lives, so having one accessible in such a busy public space used by parkrunners, walkers, families and the wider community is invaluable."

Good move: members of the running community with the new defibrillator in Clifton Parkplaceholder image
Good move: members of the running community with the new defibrillator in Clifton Park

The defib was unveiled with the help of Harriers’ latest batch of Couch to 5k rookie runners.

Thanks have gone to Sam Jackson of Defibtech for donating the defibrillator and to Trish Lister’s Start a Heart charity for installing it.

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