Cornwall’s St Austell Brewery has launched a campaign to fit defibrillators across its pub estate.
The independent brewer and pub company, which operates an estate of around 180 venues across the South West region, is hoping the campaign will ensure as many communities as possible have access to a lifesaving device.
The Heart of the Community campaign was launched after the brewery identified 55 of its pubs are in places that don’t currently have access to a defibrillator. The campaign aims to raise money through its Charitable Trust to buy and install them.
St Austell Brewery has already installed defibrillators on the wall outside the County Arms in Truro and the Borough Arms in Bodmin.
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In the 海角视频 as many as 100,000 hospital admissions each year are due to heart attacks. It is estimated that around 1.4 million people alive in the 海角视频 today have survived a heart attack - around one million men and 380,000 women.
The brewery has partnered up with the Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity (RRMC) to buy the equipment. The charity has been fundraising for defibrillators to be installed in schools and public places all over the Duchy for many years and train young people how to use the devices.
Piers Thompson, St Austell Brewery’s external relations director, said: “We’re really excited to be working with the Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity and launching this campaign to ensure public access defibrillators are available to many of our pub’s local communities.
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“We have sites in some of the most popular places in the South West and often in remote locations, whether that be in the countryside or on the coast. Installing lifesaving devices in over 50 of our sites is very important to us and more importantly it will increase the likelihood of lives being saved.”
Paul Williams, from the Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity added: “It is a privilege for the RRMC to work with St Austell Brewery on such an essential lifesaving campaign. One person dies every five minutes in the 海角视频 from sudden cardiac arrest which can be greatly improved by using a readily available public access defibrillator (PAD)."
Mr Williams continued: “It speaks volumes for St Austell Brewery’s commitment to protecting their staff, community, and visitors. Everybody working together can - and are - saving lives when every second counts in cardiac arrest.”
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