The Community Heartbeat Trust provided literature and lots of help and guidance and in June 2012 Liz and Bill initiated the Defibrillator Appeal to raise the required funds.

Leafleting and sending out the Community E-news to every household and writing numerous letters to businesses and charities soon resulted in donations being received, initially from villagers and then through the help of Clare Wood our local Councillor from North Yorkshire County Council we secured our largest donation. This was followed by York Lions Club, Claxton & Sand Hutton Parish Council, Rose Trading, Therapy in Praxis, York Round Table, Strensall & District Patients Fund, Aims Construction, Aldbyfield Nurseries and surplus money from the discontinued crime watch in Claxton & Sand Hutton, the appeal continued and the support that was received was so rewarding.  

Community Heartbeat

"Community Heratbeat Trust" provided literature and lots of help and guidance through Neil Marsay of the North Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Following the successful fund raising Martin Fagan of the "Community Heratbeat Trust" came to the village hall and instructed everybody on how to use the Defibrillators.

North Yorkshire County Council

North Yorkshire County Council Ryedale Area Committe, promoted by Councillor Clare Wood who represents the Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton division,

set the ball rolling with a sizeable donation

which gave everybody great encouragement.

A.I.M.S. Construction Ltd

A.I.M.S. Construction Ltd of Claxton who offer complete Interior Refurbishments.

York Lions

York Lions are part of an International organisation consisting of 44,000 clubs and 1.4 million members worldwide.  To a large extent they put there resources into the local community - they also help any national and International disasters etc. They found our project to be a worthy of a donation to help this life saving scheme.

As an example, they are donating £300 to two lads (this coming Saturday evening at the Ship Strensall)  who recently cycled around the world to raise £20,000 to Wateraid in an attempt to eradicate river blindness caused by unclean drinking water.

It's been a good week supporting your project at

Claxton & Sand Hutton and Wateraid

Peter Jesse York Lions

PhotoReflections

PhotoReflections donated by using the Community E-news to promote the campaign to over three hundred subscribers in our sourrounding villages.

Claxton & Sand Hutton Parish Council

The local parish council has helped with a donation as well as incorporating

the funds raised into the Parish Councils bank controlling and issuing

funds when necessary.

Equestrian Developments

Kindly allowed us to use the outside of their building

along with an electric supply in Sand Hutton to house the Defibrillator.

Therapy in Praxis

Therapy in Praxis Ltd from Bossall are an Assessment & Therapy Service For Children. They offer their services for Dyspraxia, Physical & Complex Needs, Learning Disabilities, Development Delay, Specific Motor/Learning Difficulties, Autistic Continuum & Parvasive Development Orders.

Rose Trading

Rachel Hurst of Rose Trading donated lots of greeting cards allowing us to

sell them to raise funds for the Defibrillator.

York Round Table

York Round Table are active in fundraing and kindly donated to our appeal.

My Health

My Health have four health care centres serving approximately 18,000 patients across an area of over 200 square miles to the North East of York.

Aldby Field Nurseries

Aldby Field Nurseries in Sand Hutton have always been very helpful in past projects and kindly donated again to the Defibrillator project.

Make A Community Difference Award
For the persons who are always at the centre of community life,

improving things for everyone else in their area.

The award sponsored by CPP was given to Bill & Liz Heath who in turn
gave the prize money to the Defibrillator fund.