A COMMUNITY swimming pool has completed a fundraiser for a lifesaving defibrillator.
The equipment will be housed outside Splashtogether swimming pool, on Green Lane in Chickerell, after £1,800 was raised.
Surrounding businesses from Green Lane all chipped in, alongside funds from a Christmas raffle and one-off donations, to enable the purchase of the defibrillator, a training defibrillator and a cabinet to allow community access to it.
A training session will take place at the pool on Wednesday, February 15 to show residents what to do should they ever need to use it. Those attending are asked to provide a small donation which will go towards the British Heart Foundation.
Angie Cole, who operates the swimming pool, said: “We wanted to be a lot more community focussed and the support we received (to fund the defibrillator) has been amazing. You never want to have to use it but if it saves one life then it is worth having.”
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