CPR Training Offer to Member Groups
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LIZ CRAWFORD PROJECTS OFFICER WITH ST JOHN SCOTLAND TEACHING MINISTER JOE FITZPATRICK AND WFS TRUSTEES GARY MCLAUGHLIN AND VIVIAN WALLACE SOME CPR
Walking Football Scotland is delighted to announce a joint venture with St John Scotland to provide CPR and Defibrillator awareness training to our members and participants. We have delivered pilot sessions and you would have seen St John Volunteers at work during the National Cup and Festival in Glasgow last June.
St John Scotland is a Scottish charity with volunteer teams based in 14 areas of the country. Their work as a charity is all about saving and enhancing lives and two of their core projects in Scotland are training people in what to do if someone has a cardiac arrest and supporting communities to install public access defibrillators.
Every week in Scotland 70 people will have a sudden cardiac arrest. That’s a little more than a fully loaded double decker bus. It can happen to anyone. Any age. Any time.
In 2015 only 4 of these 70 people survived to go home to their families. The good news is the number of survivors is on the rise and this is largely because they get help quickly from someone who can do CPR. It’s a great skill to have, easy to learn and you can save a life. It’s also free and good fun! We would recommend that groups consider this training.
The training will be provided by St John Scotland volunteers, they will also provide all the training materials. There is no cost to Walking Football Scotland or to any groups; although a voluntary contribution to support this work is recommended.
To deliver the training, Affiliated Groups should arrange the following;
• Confirm an interest amongst your members with a minimum number of around 10 people, which may include partners, family and friends. Maximum numbers will depend on the number of volunteers available to deliver the training and the venue size.
• Contact St John Scotland’s Project Officer – Liz Crawford at : liz.crawford@stjohnscotland.org.uk or call her on 0131 550 9838
• Liz will liaise with local Area Teams to arrange your training session. Please let her know when you would like to do the training, giving a few options if possible.
Notes on the training session:
• You will need to book the venue for around one and a half hours
• Allow 15 minutes set up time and around 15 minutes for a Walking Football Scotland Presentation. A local WFS Trustee may be available to deliver this.
• The CPR and Defibrillator training session will last around an hour and will include an opportunity to practice CPR and use a training defibrillator.
• Most of the training is delivered on the floor, so some clear floor space is required; however the training is adaptable so everyone can take part.
• Walking Football Scotland and St John Scotland are keen to promote this work so it would be great if photographs can be taken at the session to share on social media.
Send your photographs and a short written piece to: info@walkingfootballscotland.org
