Friday 27th August 2010

Derbyshire volunteers who staged a six-hour sponsored first aid marathon raised £600 for the charity that taught them.


St John Ambulance members Kevin Wilson and Glenda Wood taking their turn in the challenge, urged on by other members of the team.

The event, outside St John Ambulance county headquarters in Chesterfield, saw 18 members delivering, in relays, continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation to 'Resusci Anne' manikins used in training.

Monies raised will help to pay for first aid training by St John Ambulance Derbyshire, which relies on local fundraising to maintain its services. Over 1,300 uniformed volunteers provide vital first aid cover at events across the county.

The challenge was the idea of senior volunteer for training Wendy Rushby, who has passed on her skills to hundreds of local people. She says, "It was really hard work, but great fun and very worthwhile - the money will be put to good use."

St John Ambulance is the nation's leading first aid charity and believes that everyone who needs first aid should receive it from those around them - and no-one should suffer for a lack of trained first aiders.

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