A CAMPAIGN to install a heart defibrillator outside the Miners’ Welfare Hall in Cinderford has reached its target just weeks after starting.
A cheque for £820 raised by Cinderford Tae Kwon-Do Club was presented at a charity concert held at the hall on Saturday night (October 16) towards the final total of £1,500.
The Tae Kwon Do Club, who meet at the club on Saturday mornings, held a kickathon with every student completing a challenge to do 1,000 kicks.
The club had aimed to raise £500 but smashed the target, raising £820.
Instructors Ken Penman and Melinda Shaw-Penman presented the cheque at the concert which featured entertainment from the Kevin Rhodes Show.
Chairman of the Miners’ Hall. Steve Halifax said: "Thanks to Cinderford Tae Kwon-Do, the raffle, the public’s support and another £300 donated by the Miners’ we’ve raised the amount we need for the defibrillator to be installed."
Cinderford Tae Kwon-Do instructor Ken Penman said, "We’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of our Tae Kwon-Do family and beyond.
"You never know when you may need access to a defibrillator.
"Statistics show that in the UK only one in 10 people survive a heart attack, whereas the numbers are closer to one in five in the USA and one in three in Europe.’’
* The Lions Club of the Forest of Dean is offering communities the opportunity to apply for a defibrillator.
For more information visit www.forestlions.org.uk
A CAMPAIGN to install a heart defibrillator outside the Miners’ Welfare Hall in Cinderford has reached its target just weeks after starting.
A cheque for £820 raised by Cinderford Tae Kwon-Do Club was presented at a charity concert held at the hall on Saturday night (October 16) towards the final total of £1,500.
The Tae Kwon Do Club, who meet at the club on Saturday mornings, held a kickathon with every student completing a challenge to do 1,000 kicks.
The club had aimed to raise £500 but smashed the target, raising £820.
Instructors Ken Penman and Melinda Shaw-Penman presented the cheque at the concert which featured entertainment from the Kevin Rhodes Show.
Chairman of the Miners’ Hall. Steve Halifax said: "Thanks to Cinderford Tae Kwon-Do, the raffle, the public’s support and another £300 donated by the Miners’ we’ve raised the amount we need for the defibrillator to be installed."
Cinderford Tae Kwon-Do instructor Ken Penman said, "We’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of our Tae Kwon-Do family and beyond.
"You never know when you may need access to a defibrillator.
"Statistics show that in the UK only one in 10 people survive a heart attack, whereas the numbers are closer to one in five in the USA and one in three in Europe.’’
* The Lions Club of the Forest of Dean is offering communities the opportunity to apply for a defibrillator.
For more information visit www.forestlions.org.uk