Thanks to an initiative by Helen Gibbs, Clerk to Totland Parish Council, the West Wight community has been given 5 public access defibrillators.
The life-saving devices are to be placed around the Totland, Freshwater and Shalfleet in strategic positions that complement and enhance existing sites. The sites identified are The Needles Battery, Highdown Inn, The Waterfront Restaurant, Memorial Hall and Shalfleet Stores.
Gill Kennett said:
“Thank you to the British Heart Foundation for granting the West Wight these defibrillators and thank you to Totland Parish Clerk for her hard work.
Paddy Noctor of The Needles National Coastwatch Institution said:
“Thanks to this amazing piece of work by Helen we are now better equipped to immediately offer help to the 250,000 visitors we get at Needles New Battery should they have heart problems.”
