Target reached!
Any additional funds will be used to purchase more Community Access Defibrillators ...
Any additional funds will be used to purchase more Community Access Defibrillators ...
Aim: Help us to save lives in Montrose. Help us to make 24 hour public access defibrillators available to the community of Montrose and district
COUNT DOWN TO FINAL DAY OF CROWDFUNDER ANGUS APPEAL
CAMPAIGN UPDATE
LAST DAY ONLINE AND MORE PRESENTATIONS:
Thanks to the ladies of the Over 60s' Exercise Class and Montrose Community Council for their donations.
Thank you to all the organisations and individuals who have supported our campaign. We have recently received cheques from Hillside, Dun and Logie Pert Community Council and Montrose Emergency Services Group.
INITIAL TARGET OF £3000 REACHED AND NOW EXTENDED TO A STRETCH TARGET OF £6000
Thank you for helping us to reach our initial Crowdfunder Angus target of £3000. We have now extended our Crowdfunder target to £6000 and have entered the last two weeks of the online campaign.
We are hopeful that, with your help, we can raise even more money so that we will be able to acquire more Community Defibrillators for other selected sites in Montrose as well as for Ferryden, Hillside and Craigo.
Remember a heart attack can occur anywhere, anytime and at any age.
SAVE A LIFE MONTROSE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Montrose Inner Wheel President Christine Smart and Rotary President John Barlow launched the Save a Life Montrose campaign at Taylor’s Auctions last Friday.
We are grateful for the encouraging support already given to the campaign to raise funds to install 24-hour access defibrillators in Montrose and district.
Please watch our video and learn more about the campaign from the information below.
There is still time to donate if you have not already done so
The more money we raise the more defibrillators we can purchase and make available to our community
Pictures from the launch day:
SAVE A LIFE MONTROSE
When someone has a cardiac arrest following a heart attack, their life can be saved if their heart is restarted quickly using an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Montrose currently has several AEDs but only one is available 24 hours a day and this is not sited in the town centre. Most other towns in Angus and the rest of the UK already have readily accessible 24-hour AEDs.
Our campaign aims to raise funds to provide community access defibrillators which will always be available 24 hours a day in the public areas of Montrose and district where they are most likely to be needed.
WHAT IS AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED)?
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS SAVE LIVES?
WHY IS OUR PROJECT SO IMPORTANT TO THE MONTROSE COMMUNITY?
WHY SHOULD YOU HELP?
WHO ARE WE?
We are a small team working on behalf of Montrose Inner Wheel and Rotary clubs. We are passionate in our mission to raise funds through Crowdfunder and to install 24-hour access automated external defibrillators in our local communities of Montrose, Ferryden, Hillside and Craigo.
We all live in or near to Montrose, a small coastal town in Angus with a population of approximately 15,000. Montrose sits between Dundee and Aberdeen and has a wide sandy beach and an active port which is a centre for international trade and support for the oil industry. We have taken the time to research the project's needs and the best locations for siting community access defibrillators. We have also consulted with local organisations and groups who have raised funds to install AEDs in their communities.
We have local support from Scottish Ambulance Service, Montrose First Responders, Montrose Emergency Services Group, Angus Cardiac Group, local General Practitioners, Angus Council, Hillside, Dun and Craigo Community Council, Ferryden Community Council, Links Park Community Trust and Montrose YM.
HOW MUCH DO WE NEED?
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
This project successfully funded on 27th September 2017