The Patrington Mini Medics, Amber, Felix, Harvey and Millie, are a group of friends working together to raise money for First Aid and Defibrillator training in a bid to win the Humberside Police Lifestyle! Awards.
The children are working together through the school summer holidays to raise money to make Patrington safer by funding first aid lessons and defibrillator use.
The Mini Medics hope to raise £300 by running bake sales, coffee mornings and a big jumble sale to raise enough money to fund two free first aid sessions in August for anyone living in Patrington.
As well as through their sales and the 20 mile sponsored bike ride the group is organising (details available on their Facebook Group Any excess money will be donated to the Darren Uscroft Memorial Fund.
Graham has written to the Secretary of State for Education, on behalf of the Mini Medics, to encourage compulsory first aid training in England’s schools as part of the National Curriculum.
Graham met the Mini Medics as part of his street surgery in Patrington, having been alerted to their great works by Cllrs Sean McMaster and Lynn Healing.
Graham, as founder of CADEY (Community Action Defibrillators for East Yorkshire), has a long-standing interest in defibrillators in rural communities like Patrington.
He has supported communities install thirteen defibrillators in communities like Elstronwick, Hornsea, Mappleton, Molescroft, Skeffling, South Dalton, Sunk Island, Thearne, Thorngumbald, West Newton and Woodmansey.
The Patrington Mini Medics are competing in the Lifestyle! Awards, a 36-year old initiative run by Humberside Police since 1989.
Last year saw the Patrington Champions win a trip to London for their efforts in improving road safety around Patrington Primary School. Graham met the group three times and took them on a tour of Parliament.
The Patrington Mini Medics said, “We believe First Aid and CPR Training should be taught in every school across the UK.
“You can’t save a life if you don’t know how, and confidence only comes from being taught.”
Graham said: “If you’re around somebody having a sudden cardiac arrest, two things could save that person’s life: knowing first aid and having a defibrillator nearby.
“Thanks to the work done by CADEY, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and many others, more and more places have community access defibrillators.
“But defibrillators go hand-in-hand with first aid training and Amber, Felix, Harvey and Millie are doing a wonderful job by raising funds to teach First Aid to the village of Patrington.
Cllr Sean McMaster and Cllr Lyn Healing said, “We should all be proud of Amber, Felix, Harvey and Millie and all they’re doing for the village of Patrington.
“More first aid in our schools is a great idea, and we love that the Patrington Mini Medics are using their school holidays to improve their village.”
