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Willesley Park Golf Club swings into action to create a heart-safe environment for members & local community

Willesley Park Golf Club swings into action to create a heart-safe environment for members & local community

Posted: Thu, 01 Feb 2024

Willesley Park Golf Club (WPGC) in Ashby de la Zouch has taken steps to ensure their defibrillator is accessible to members and the local community with the support of a local heart charity, The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (WPGC) in Ashby de la Zouch... Read More »

Tags: AED, Bystander CPR and Defibrillation, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe community, Joes Mini Heartstart for sports clubs, SADS awareness, Simple Skills SAVE lives, lifesaving skills, training

Alan teaches lifesaving skills to more than 5,000 people

Alan teaches lifesaving skills to more than 5,000 people

Posted: Wed, 22 Nov 2023

A CHARITY volunteer who has devoted 10 years to training people in vital lifesaving skills has now taught more than 5,000 people.

The JHMT was set up was set up in memory of Rothley teenager Joe Humphries, who collapsed and tragically died from SADS –... Read More »

Tags: AED, Bystander CPR and Defibrillation, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe community, Joes Mini Heartstart for sports clubs, SADS awareness, Simple Skills SAVE lives, lifesaving skills, training

World Restart a Heart Day: Life-saving defibrillators fitted around DMU campus

World Restart a Heart Day: Life-saving defibrillators fitted around DMU campus

Posted: Mon, 16 Oct 2023

World Restart a Heart Day: Life-saving defibrillators fitted around DMU campus

Three life-saving defibrillators are being fitted outside buildings on the De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) campus so they are accessible 24/7.

One of the defibrillators... Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe community, Leicester, Leicestershire, SADS, chain of survival, community partnerships

SADS WEEK 2023: Partnership makes life-saving equipment accessible to public

SADS WEEK 2023: Partnership makes life-saving equipment accessible to public

Posted: Fri, 06 Oct 2023

A life-saving defibrillator has been fitted to the outside of Spence Street Sports Centre thanks to the support of local heart charity, the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT).

Leicester City Council's public health team has been working with the trust... Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe community, SADS Awareness, SADS WEEK 2023, community partnerships

SADS Week 2023 - Leicestershire based football Academy create a Heartsafe community for all with support from JHMT

SADS Week 2023 - Leicestershire based football Academy create a Heartsafe community for all with support from JHMT

Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2023

#SADSWeek2023

FCV International Football Academy have taken steps to create a heart-safe community at their Grace Dieu Manor Park facilities in Thringstone, Leicestershire with support from The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust ( JHMT).

The football academy... Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe community, Joe's Mini Heartstart, SADS Awareness, SADS WEEK 2023, community partnerships

SADS Awareness Week 2023

SADS Awareness Week 2023

Posted: Sun, 01 Oct 2023

SADS Awareness Week will take place from 2-8 October 2023 and is organised by Leicestershire based heart charity The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) in collaboration with University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust.

The JHMT was set up after the death... Read More »

Tags: 12 A Week, AED, Arrhythmias, CPR, CVD, Chain of Survival, Genetic Heart Diseases, Inherited Cardiac Clinic, Joe's legacy, SADS Awareness, UHL NHS, charity, community partnership, families, genetics

Leicestershire farm campsite take steps to create a HEARTSAFE community with support from JHMT

Leicestershire farm campsite take steps to create a HEARTSAFE community with support from JHMT

Posted: Tue, 23 May 2023

The idea to site a public access defibrillator at Mead View farm in Sileby, Leicestershire came about following an incident at the farm when an elderly caravaner suffering a cardiac emergency. At that time there wasn't a defibrillator nearby. The good... Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe community, Joe's Mini Heartstart, SADS, community partnerships

Leicestershire tennis club are on the ball to create a heart-safe community for all with help from JHMT

Leicestershire tennis club are on the ball to create a heart-safe community for all with help from JHMT

Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2023

A COMMUNITY tennis club has taken step to ensure their defibrillator is accessible to the community with the support of a local heart charity.

The external cabinet which will keep the defibrillator safe has been donated by the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust... Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe sports, Joe's Mini Heartstart, SADS, community partnerships

A Leicestershire Allotment Society get hands on to create a heartsafe community with support from JHMT

A Leicestershire Allotment Society get hands on to create a heartsafe community with support from JHMT

Posted: Mon, 27 Feb 2023

Groby Allotment Society have recently installed a public access defibrillator close to their allotment site in Groby village.

The idea to install this vital piece of equipment came about following an AGM meeting when members of the society voted unanimously... Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe, Joe's Mini Heartstart, SADS, community partnerships

SADS Awareness Week 2022

SADS Awareness Week 2022

Posted: Fri, 30 Sep 2022

 SADS Awareness Week will take place from 3-9th October 2022 and is organised by Leicestershire based heart charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT). Read More »

Tags: 12AWeek, AED, CPR, Inspire Awards, JHMT, SADS, SADSWEEK22, be prepared, chainofsurvival, cpr awareness, heart safe sports, helpsave a life, learn cpr and aed, register your aed, restart a heart, safer communities, sports coaching

Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2022

Another COMMUNITY cricket club has installed a new defibrillator with the support of a local heart charity JHMT. Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Heartsafe sports, Joe's Mini Heartstart for sports clubs, Leicester, Leicestershire, SADS Awareness, leicestershire cricket leagues, partnerships

Cricket Club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Cricket Club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Posted: Wed, 06 Oct 2021

A COMMUNITY cricket club has installed a new defibrillator with the support of JHMT.

Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club, together with Leicester Forest East Tennis Club and the Old Newtonians Rugby Club, has funded the new public access defibrillator ( PAD). The PAD is sited so it's easily accessible to all three neighbouring sports clubs on their adjacent Hinckley Road sites. Read More »

Tags: #SADSWEEK21, 12AWeek #YSCD, AED, CPR, Community Sport, Heart safe sports, Simple skills Save Lives, safer communities

Local sports clubs and heart charity unite to help create a heartsafe environment

Local sports clubs and heart charity unite to help create a heartsafe environment

Posted: Mon, 04 Oct 2021

Ashby Road Sports Club, one of the county major sporting venues which provides facilities for a range of multi-sports now boasts a public access defibrillator (PAD) for use during cardiac emergencies. Read More »

Tags: #SADSWEEK21, 12AWeek #YSCD, AED, CPR, Community Sport, Heart safe sports, Simple skills Save Lives, safer communities

Simple Skills Save Lives – JHMT Patron Martin Johnson calls for roll out of CPR training after Eriksen collapse

Simple Skills Save Lives – JHMT Patron Martin Johnson calls for roll out of CPR training after Eriksen collapse

Posted: Thu, 17 Jun 2021

World Cup-winning rugby captain describes incident as 'wake-up call'

Martin Johnson has said the terrifying collapse of Christian Eriksen should be a wake-up call to the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest and the importance of learning CPR. Read More »

Tags: 12AWeek, AED, CPR, Leicester, Leicestershire, SADSAwareness, SCA, Skills For Life, YSCD, every second counts, life matters, safer communities

Rothley bowls club Take Steps to become Heart-Safe with a helping hand from JHMT

Rothley bowls club Take Steps to become Heart-Safe with a helping hand from JHMT

Posted: Tue, 06 Oct 2020

Rothley bowls club is well on the way to becoming 'heartsafe' thanks to support from the the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT), Charnwood Borough Council, Rothley Park and Rothley Imps Imperial Football Club. Read More »

Tags: AED

Don’t think, just act! That’s the message of this year’s  SADS Awareness Week 2019

Don’t think, just act! That’s the message of this year’s SADS Awareness Week 2019

Posted: Sun, 29 Sep 2019

TRUSTING your instincts and acting quickly can be vital in a cardiac emergency, so don't think, just act – that's the message for this year's SADS Awareness Week.

SADS Awareness Week will take place from 30 September-4 October. It is organised by local charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT). Read More »

Tags: 12AWeek, AED, CPR, Joe's Mini heartstart, SADS Awareness Week, Safer Communities, YSCD, every second counts, heartsafe sport, inherited heart conditions, lifesaver, safer communities

Play Sport, PLAY HEART SAFE : study provides further evidence as to the importance of creating a heart safe sporting & community environment at all levels

Play Sport, PLAY HEART SAFE : study provides further evidence as to the importance of creating a heart safe sporting & community environment at all levels

Posted: Mon, 02 Sep 2019

Decline in sports-related sudden cardiac death linked with rise in bystander resuscitation - ( Paris/France) – reports a study presented at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. Read More »

Tags: AED, CPR, Community Sport, Defibrillator, Heartsafe, Joes Mini Heartstart, SADS, duty of care in sport

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