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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Bleed kit and defibrillator installed in phone box
A new defibrillator and bleed kit have been installed in a disused phone box as part of a community youth project. The emergency kit is located in the newly renovated King George Telephone Box outside of St Paul's Church on Portland Square, Bristol. The telephone box has been cleaned and painted by student volunteers from the City of Bristol College and the King's Trust. Dan Broadbent, event manager at Circomedia who started the project, said: "The defibrillator has actually been used three times already and it's only been there for a month. Before this there wasn't a defibrillator anywhere near here so we thought it was a really important thing to do." More news stories for Bristol Watch the latest Points West Listen to the latest news for Bristol Mr Broadbent added: "I think everyone has to do their part in the community. We've been here for 20 years and we wanted to do our part to support people." Muna Shafie is a lecturer at City of Bristol College and team leader at the King's Trust, working with young people who are not in education or training. As part of the programme, the young people have to do a community project - and decided to renovate the phone box ready to house the emergency kits. "It was really impactful to get young people engaged," Ms Shafie said. "It was good for them to have that experience and be able to give back. They were really keen and enthusiastic." Ibrahim Yusuf, one of the students who helped paint the phone box, said: "It was fun, the people I was working with, it's something you just enjoy doing. Giving back to the community." All materials had been donated and the equipment, worth £5,000, was donated by the Great Western Air Ambulance and Bin the Blade. Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Bleed control kits installed to help save lives What's inside a bleed kit and how to use them 'Lifesaving' bleed kits installed using grants
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Bleed kit and defibrillator installed in phone box
A new defibrillator and bleed kit have been installed in a disused phone box as part of a community youth project. The emergency kit is located in the newly renovated King George Telephone Box outside of St Paul's Church on Portland Square, Bristol. The telephone box has been cleaned and painted by student volunteers from the City of Bristol College and the King's Trust. Dan Broadbent, event manager at Circomedia who started the project, said: "The defibrillator has actually been used three times already and it's only been there for a month. Before this there wasn't a defibrillator anywhere near here so we thought it was a really important thing to do." More news stories for Bristol Watch the latest Points West Listen to the latest news for Bristol Mr Broadbent added: "I think everyone has to do their part in the community. We've been here for 20 years and we wanted to do our part to support people." Muna Shafie is a lecturer at City of Bristol College and team leader at the King's Trust, working with young people who are not in education or training. As part of the programme, the young people have to do a community project - and decided to renovate the phone box ready to house the emergency kits. "It was really impactful to get young people engaged," Ms Shafie said. "It was good for them to have that experience and be able to give back. They were really keen and enthusiastic." Ibrahim Yusuf, one of the students who helped paint the phone box, said: "It was fun, the people I was working with, it's something you just enjoy doing. Giving back to the community." All materials had been donated and the equipment, worth £5,000, was donated by the Great Western Air Ambulance and Bin the Blade. Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Bleed control kits installed to help save lives What's inside a bleed kit and how to use them 'Lifesaving' bleed kits installed using grants
BBC News
12 hours ago
- Health
- BBC News
Bleed kit and defibrillator installed in Bristol phone box
A new defibrillator and bleed kit have been installed in a disused phone box as part of a community youth emergency kit is located in the newly renovated King George Telephone Box outside of St Paul's Church on Portland Square, telephone box has been cleaned and painted by student volunteers from the City of Bristol College and the King's Broadbent, event manager at Circomedia who started the project, said: "The defibrillator has actually been used three times already and it's only been there for a month. Before this there wasn't a defibrillator anywhere near here so we thought it was a really important thing to do." Mr Broadbent added: "I think everyone has to do their part in the community. We've been here for 20 years and we wanted to do our part to support people."Muna Shafie is a lecturer at City of Bristol College and team leader at the King's Trust, working with young people who are not in education or part of the programme, the young people have to do a community project - and decided to renovate the phone box ready to house the emergency kits. "It was really impactful to get young people engaged," Ms Shafie said."It was good for them to have that experience and be able to give back. They were really keen and enthusiastic."Ibrahim Yusuf, one of the students who helped paint the phone box, said: "It was fun, the people I was working with, it's something you just enjoy doing. Giving back to the community."All materials had been donated and the equipment, worth £5,000, was donated by the Great Western Air Ambulance and Bin the Blade.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Suffolk pub The George reopens in Wickham Market after 2013 fire
A community has celebrated the return of its only village pub, 12 years after it burned of Wickham Market, in Suffolk, saw The George go up in flames in April 2013.A group got together in 2016 to buy the site and a project – boosted by a £1m grant from the National Lottery – came to fruition when the doors reopened on Saturday 9 June."It's run to the benefit of the community and now we're open it's proving to be quite a success," said Colin Owens, project lead of the venue's management committee. "The volunteer group raised in excess of £2m to complete the project and restore The George to be much more than it was - to be more than a pub."The pub is Grade II listed and dates back to the 16th from a private developer to demolish and redevelop the site were rejected by East Suffolk Council in 2016 due to it being "a building of significant historic interest". Now 476 shareholders own a stake in its future. An extension to the back of the building includes new kitchen and toilet facilities, with a remodelled layout. An upstairs function room can host 60 original fireplace was retained and food will start being served later this month, although with table reservations only being taken on Sundays to try maintaining a welcoming manager Ed Leigh said: "It's fantastic. It's been a really pleasurable experience. The whole community has got behind it."The wide range of people – families, older people, younger people – everyone seems to be really relishing the fact that they can take a quick stroll and have a drink or a coffee."Once the food comes on board, we'll be absolutely nailing it." The new lease of life is welcome news for Brian Hall, one of the shareholders."It's brilliant, we've been waiting for this for a long, long while," said Mr Hall."The first week we had just over 200 people here and that was on limited access until we got fully staffed." However, the management committee has had some early complaints about noise from Leigh added: "There are people in the community, as you would expect in any vibrant community, who are completely opposed to us being here."I am sorry about that."We will do what we can to make things as unobtrusive as possible but we can't do everything."Mr Owens added that a thorough consultation process was carried out in recent said: "In every situation like this, there is bound to be people that object. They tend to be local to the pub and don't particularly want to live near a pub – even though it's been here for 500 years." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
13-06-2025
- BBC News
Students build gates to stop anti-social behaviour on Burnley estate
Joinery students have been building wooden gates for homes on a town's housing estate as part of a police project to tackle anti-social wooden fences built by those learning the trade at Burnley College have been put up on the front porches of properties to deter people from gathering Chris McKee of Lancashire Police said older homeowners on the estate, the location of which has not been revealed, had been concerned about young people "gathering, drinking and smoking" outside their homes and making them feel said the students efforts were a "great example of the local community coming together to tackle anti-social behaviour". PC McKee said the force was also stepping up patrols and working with the housing provider on the estate to install extra security. David Lord, head of construction and engineering at Burnley College, said the students were excited to be part of the project, which can be incorporated into the curriculum. He said it had been an "ideal opportunity for them to put their skills and knowledge into action and create something which will really make a difference to the lives of others".The project was funded by LANPAC, the Lancashire Partnership Against Crime. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
