Springhead defib springs into action

A heart defibrillator in Springhead has been made available to the community following the combined efforts of Saddleworth Round Table, Great Places Housing Association, Wates Construction and Councillor Alicia Marland.

This would only have been possible through their generous financial support following a request from Councillor Marland’s request to support her defib rollout project.  Great Places, Wates and the Oldham and Saddleworth Round Table have been provided a total of three units at their various locations including Cooper Street, Springhead, the Primrose Community centre and the Chadderton Crossley community centre. 

Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Alicia Marland said: “I started a project last year with the aim to increase the number of defibrillators available to the residents of Lees, Grotton and Springhead.  So I’m thrilled that Springhead has another unit located at the bottom of Cooper Street thanks to the funding from these organisations”.

Paul Doherty, Housing Management PFI Manager at Great Places said “On behalf of Great Places, I am proud to have supported this project and I would like to thank our partners not only for helping to fund these new defibrillators but also for arranging to have them installed across our three sites in Oldham. These new defibrillators will allow members of the public to administer vital life-saving treatment and significantly increase the survival chances of anyone who suffering from a cardiac arrest.”

Anthony Grundy, Project Manager at Wates Living Space added “working in partnership with Great Places, Wates are proud to support and be part of the project to supply and install three defibrillators across Oldham, The Police and Ambulance crews carry defibrillators but putting additional defibrillators across the borough offers a greater chance of life saving treatment to a person suffering from cardiac arrest as more and more are available in the public domain”

Steven Shephard, Chair of the Oldham and Saddleworth Round Table added “Supporting local initiatives like this is exactly what Table look to support to benefit the local community. We raise funds through the year via various events exactly for these types of causes, being able to partner with Great Places, Wates and Cllr Marland was something we were very keen to support.