Westacre pupils delighted to receive defib for their school after tenacious fund-raising drive - The Droitwich Standard

Westacre pupils delighted to receive defib for their school after tenacious fund-raising drive

Droitwich Editorial 17th Feb, 2017   0

PUPILS at Westacre Middle School were surprised with a new defibrillator on Valentine’s Day after fund-raising for the life saving equipment.

Inspired by a CPR class run by Rob and Maggie Underwood from the ‘Charlotte and Craig Saving Hearts Foundation’ (CCSHF) during a careers day at the school, two girls, Isabel and Daisy, wanted to make sure a defibrillator was installed at the school in case of an emergency.

After reaching a total of £463 through a number of different fund-raising events, the students were surprised when Rob went back to the school on Valentine’s Day to donate the new defibrillator.

He said: “A lot of the children were in tears because they had got their defibrillator which they have named ‘Fibby’.




“The school motto is ‘Inspire, Challenge, Achieve’ and this project epitomised that – they were inspired to get a defib for the school, they challenged themselves to fund-raise for it and they achieved their goal.”

Rob added they had received two letters from the students at Westacre thanking them for coming in to talk to them about the charity and to teach them about life-saving.


“We have never had anything like that before, it certainly gave us a boost to continue what we are doing and the letters have now taken pride of place in our office,” he said.

Deputy headteacher, Paul Barber said: “We are incredibly proud of the girls for their efforts in organising this day of fund-raising.

“They are a real credit to themselves, their families and our whole school community for what they have achieved today.

“As we said to all of the pupils, this shows young people can achieve great things when show such responsibility and enthusiasm.

“Of course, we are extremely grateful to Rob and Maggie from CCSHF for helping us to achieve our aim of having a defibrillator.

“They have been a real inspiration to staff and pupils alike here at Westacre.”

 

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