FROM WCDP (WINDSOR COMMUNITY DEFIRBILLATOR PARTNERSHIP) The new defibrillators just keep flowing……..
The WCDP is a group made up of local volunteer community organisations Windsor St George Rotary Club, Windsor Street Angels, The Town Partnership, Thames Valley Police and Windsor Lions and its mission is to install Automated External Debrillators (AEDs) around Windsor.
Since the first placement in November 2017 the group has successfully installed 14 AEDs around the centre of the town and plans to install more during 2020 to ensure full coverage. Apart from merely installing the equipment the WCDP operate a guardianship program of regular inspections and monitors the condition of the Automated External Defibrillators that has been installed. To date five AED’s have been primed ready for deployment but fortunately none has yet had to be used due to the arrival of an ambulance or other paramedics.
Many local businesses, groups and individuals have sponsored or funded AEDs including Waitrose, Rotary, Lions, Street Angels,The Royal Borough, Windsor Christian Action based at Dedworth Green Baptist Church and 5 by the Shanly Foundation.
Speaking of the project, Town Centre Manager, Paul Roach said ‘ We are really delighted with what we have achieved to date but there is more to do: what we would like to concentrate on in the upcoming year is installing AEDs on the routes into Windsor so that the whole town is comprehensively covered.’
For more information please contact Mike Sells on 07704 954463.
The picture shows the celebration of the installation of an AED at Batchelors Acre in November 2018 (l – r Mike Sells, Windsor Lions, Paul Roach, Town Centre Manager RBWM, PCSO David Bullock from Street Angels and Diane Purchase, Windsor Lions)
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Since 2107, the WCDP has raised funds for and placed 14 Automatic External Defibrillators around Windsor Town Centre. These are accessible to the public 24/7. WCDP also stage free training courses on giving life-saving CPR and on the use of the AEDs.