Two new defibs on way thanks to fundraising boost
A PUB which regularly hosts fundraising events has set its 'sites' on possible locations for new life-saving defibrillator kits thanks to a boost.
The Lord Reresby Pub in Thrybergh held its second Start-A-Heart 24/7 charity event to raise funds for further defibrillators in the area featuring live entertainment, tombolas, raffles, and sponsored leg waxing.
The lifesaving kits – also known as AEDs – help get the heart beating again when someone is in cardiac arrest.
Landlord Tom Parol said: “Last year we raised over £4,000 and hit the same target this year bringing total money raised in two years to over £8,000.
“This will enable us at the Lord Reresby and Start-A-Heart 24/7 to fund a possible two further defibrillators in Thrybergh.”
Start-A-Heart 24/7, a charitable incorporated organisation, based on Shoreham Road in Rotherham, raises funds to help communities install defibrillators, all of which have been approved by Yorkshire Ambulance Service, in safe cabinets which are available to the public.
“Last year’s success enabled us to install one at the St Leonard’s Premier Shop and another attached to a lamppost on Springfield Drive, Thrybergh,” said Tom.
“We are currently looking at a couple of new sites for the new installs, with a possible location of Lime Tree Nursery located on Oldgate Lane.”
The pub has in recent years also held an annual festival in the car park in aid of local animal shelter Rain Rescue, while landlord Tom and his son also hunkered down to sleep outside in the beer garden with sleeping bags for the full weekend with other kind-hearted pub goers to raise £2,000 for homeless veterans.