The CADEY (Community Access Defibrillators for East Yorkshire) campaign has today met for its monthly meeting to discuss and continue its work to improve survival rates in East Yorkshire from cardiac arrests. At the meeting the Committee celebrated the completion of a massive step in the campaign; contacting every parish council in the Beverley and Holderness constituency asking them to become a “CADEY Council” by installing a defibrillator in all villages they are responsible for.
Head of the campaign, Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart commented: “It is fantastic that our campaign to improve survival rates from cardiac arrests in East Yorkshire has completed this step and that we are now ready to provide support to our parishes with installing these life-saving devices.
“I hope all of the parishes in my constituency will sign up to be a CADEY Council and help provide full coverage of defibrillators. Our local parish councils and those who run them already do incredible work in our communities to better the lives of all residents. So it is no surprise that many of them already have AEDs installed. However, for every single person in our area to have access to one should the worst happen, we absolutely must have them in every community.
“Even without full coverage we have already seen defibrillators saving the lives of local residents, so imagine how many more people we could potentially save if every single community has a community access AED.
“Some local campaigners have already taken the initiative and raised money for defibrillators for their communities. For example, Walkington village girls Amelia’s and Jessica’s Team Stand Tall campaign for an extra village defib for their playing field and CADEY team member Jordan Moor who has raised over £25,000 for village defibs. They and all those who have campaigned for the access to the defibrillators we already enjoy have done truly impressive work.
“But as a community we can and must do more until everyone has access to a defibrillator regardless of where they are.
“I look forward to taking the CADEY campaign forward by working with our parish councils to achieve full coverage of the increasingly important devices.”
(Pictured from left to right: Nick Middleton of the SMILE Foundation, Paul Downey of Beverley, Graham Stuart MP, Dr Andrew Milner of Help for Health, Warren Bostock of Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Jordan Moor (fundraiser).
List of communities in Beverley and Holderness which Yorkshire Ambulance Service believes are without a defibrillator:
- Aike
- Arram
- Scorborough
- Benningholme
- Swine
- Beswick
- Wilfholme
- Bewholme
- Nunkeeling
- Burton Constable
- West Newton
- Catfoss
- Cowden
- Great Cowden
- Danthorpe
- Elstronwick
- East Newton
- Flinton
- Gardham
- Garton
- Grimston
- Hilston
- Owstwick
- Holmeon the Wolds
- Kiplingcotes
- Kilnsea
- Little Hatfield
- Meaux
- Old Ellerby
- Out Newton
- Rimswell
- Waxholme
- Rise
- Ryehill
- Thorngumbald
- Salt End
- Skeffling
- South Newbald
- Sunk Island
- Thearne
- Weeton
- Welwick
- Winestead
- Wyton
- Dunnington
- Mappleton
- Rolston
- Tunstall
- South Dalton
