ILMINSTER NEWS: Fantastic day of fundraising for life-saving machines

A DAY of fundraising in Ilminster to help buy two potentially life-saving machines for the town has been hailed a great success.

Around £1,000 was raised on Friday (April 1, 2016) with a cake sale and raffle in aid of a project to buy two automated external defibrillators which can be used by members of the public on others who are suffering a heart attack.

The cake stall was held outside the Tesco store in Shudrick Lane, Ilminster, on Friday morning and early afternoon and there was a steady stream of customers willing to donate to a worthy cause.

The raffle was held later that night at the Royal Oak pub in Ditton Street along with live music.

An 80s Disco Night is planned to be held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on May 21 and all 300 tickets for that event have already been sold at £5 per head.

Each defibrillator costs £1,800 – so the project to buy two machines for the town is well on the way to being achieved.

The idea came from trainee nurse Emma Rutter after she realised that there were no AEDs in the town.

It is thought that the planned two defibrillators will be placed at Ilminster Town FC at the new Archie Gooch Pavilion in Britten’s Field and in the town centre.

Emma and her team of friends who are helping her with the fundraising have sent out a massive thank you to everyone who has so far supported them in this worthwhile project.

PHOTO – TOP: Emma Rutter (third from right) and pals with the fundraising cake and raffle stall outside Tesco in Ilminster on Friday (April 1, 2016).

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