Tags: safer communities
Leicestershire tennis club takes steps to create a heart-safe environment for members and local community
Posted: Tue, 05 Sep 2023
A COMMUNITY tennis club has taken steps to ensure their defibrillator is accessible to the local community with the support of a local heart charity, The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT), and Co-op Community Fund.
The defibrillator is prominently located... Read More »
Gilmorton community gets extra peace of mind following successful fundraising efforts to site key lifesaving equipment at a local playing fields pavilion
Posted: Mon, 17 Jul 2023
A Leicestershire village have been given a further boost to create a heart safe environment at the Gilmorton Community Playing Fields Association's (GCPFA) pavilion. Thanks to a successful community fundraising campaign led by Steve Robertson, with support... Read More »
Grace Dieu Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT
Posted: Mon, 26 Jun 2023
A COMMUNITY cricket club has installed a new defibrillator with the support of a local heart charity JHMT.
Grace Dieu Cricket Club has funded the new defibrillator thanks to generous donations from the club's players and their families over the past year.... Read More »
Leicestershire Tennis and Bowls Clubs become HEARTSAFE with support from JHMT
Posted: Tue, 20 Jun 2023
Two more community tennis and bowls clubs who are located next door to each other based Rothley village have installed a new public access defibrillator and benefitted with support from local heart charity, The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT).
Located... Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
New Defibrillator Creates Safer Environment For All
Posted: Fri, 01 Oct 2021
A new defibrillator has been installed alongside the New Parks Cruyff Court and young people will be educated how to use it thanks to Leicester City in the Community and their partners in the region.
- A new defibrillator has been installed next to the New Parks Cruyff Court thanks to The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust
- Leicester City's in the Community will work with The Trust to ensure participants know how to use the life-saving item
- Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome week takes place from Monday 4 October, with JHMT raising awareness of the need for CPR training Read More »
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 »
DMUFC & friends on TARGET to raise awareness of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome #SADS @ football fest 2020 in aid of JHMT
Posted: Sun, 09 Feb 2020
A HUGE THANKS to all members of the DMU Men's Football Club and members of DMU student community for putting in another CHAMPION EFFORT at this year's annual DMU football tournament to help Joe's Trust ( JHMT) with its goal to to break the silence on... Read More »
New defibrillator will help Sileby Town FC to become heartsafe
Posted: Tue, 28 Jan 2020
ONE of Leicestershire's longest-serving community football clubs is well on the way to becoming 'heartsafe' thanks to support from local councillors and the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT). Read More »
JHMT teams up with Leicester City in the Community - one GOAL - a heartsafe community for all
Posted: Thu, 21 Nov 2019
The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) is working with Leicester City in the Community to provide vital life-saving training to youth clubs
JHMT is carrying out CPR & defibrillator training at the Premier League Kick sessions run by Leicester City... Read More »
Skills For Life - De Lisle Students are all 'HANDS ON' with JHMT to learn CPR & how to use AED
Posted: Wed, 13 Nov 2019
Simple Skills Save Lives - During prep time on Friday 8 November, students were offered the opportunity to take part in CPR and defibrillator training in the library. Read More »
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 »
Young people talk about their experiences learning vital life-saving skills
Posted: Sat, 13 Jul 2019
STUDENTS from Moat Community College talked about why being heartsafe is so important to them as they unveiled a new public access defibrillator. Read More »
Splashing time at Joe’s Jog!
Posted: Fri, 21 Jun 2019
Nothing could dampen the spirits of runners of all ages who braved the downpours last week for the Joe's Jog charity fun run. Read More »