After being awarded £1000 from the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Defibrillator Scheme, which is administered by Norfolk Community Foundation, and with support from the Huns family in memory of George M. Fox, Commodore 1961 – 1963, the public access defibrillator is positioned at its clubhouse on the Beach, Snettisham.
Current Commodore Adrian Tebbutt said: “Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is one of the leading causes of death, with up to 200 people a day suffering a cardiac arrest in the UK and 270 children dying annually as a result. Having access to a defibrillator drastically increases the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest. Research shows that when a defibrillator is accessed within 3-5 minutes of a cardiac event, this can increase the chance of survival to hospital discharge from 9% to 50%. It is particularly important that they are available close to facilities that children, young people, and the wider community use regularly.
“At Snettisham Beach we are adjacent to the coastal path and the RSPB reserve as well as hosting 100 or more club users and members each week between March and October. We are a Community Aided Sports Club and felt that it was important that we made our defibrillator available to all who might need it. We hope we never have to use it, but if we can help save 1 of the 100,000 SCA deaths then it will have been worthwhile.”
Catrin Hamer, Senior Programmes Advisor at Norfolk Community Foundation, said:”‘We are delighted to support the installation of this defibrillator at Snettisham Beach Sailing Club, through a scheme that seeks to make this life-saving equipment available at the heart of more communities in West Norfolk.”
The club has organised training for all instructors who work at the club as well as for club volunteers and local residents.
The location is: Snettisham Beach Sailing Club 61-62 The Beach, Snettisham, PE31 7RB
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If you’d like to find out more information about Snettisham Beach Sailing Club please contact Adrian on commodore.sbsc@gmail.com or visit their website https://www.snetbeach.co.uk/
For further information on applying for funding go to Norfolk Community Foundation’s website www.norfolkfoundation.com.
For more information about how to get out on the water in the East Region, visit www.rya.org.uk/startboating.
