Wellington School Ayr named Fundraiser of the Year
Howard Lake | 19 October 2015 | News
Wellington School in Ayr, Scotland, has been named Fundraiser of the Year in the UK Heart Safe Awards 2015 after pupils raised £31,000 to buy a defibrillator.
The fundraising followed the life-saving use of a defibrillator on one of the school’s pupils after she suffered a cardiac arrest. Lysanne McMahan & John McColgan from Wellington School expained:
“We were devastated when one of our pupils Emily suffered a cardiac arrest. The ambulance that responded had a defibrillator and this saved her life. We set out to save others by raising as much money as we could – £31,000 in fact, in a school with only 580 pupils.”
Wellington School is an independent day school in Ayr. It was founded in 1836 as a school for girls, and today the co-educational school provides both primary and secondary education.
Staff and teachers at Wellington School Ayr are rewarded for their fundraising
The national awards took place on 9 October 2015 at The Midland Hotel in Manchester. The event welcomed 300 attendees to recognise individual life-savers as well as organisations and employers who invest in creating heart safe environments across the UK.
UK Heart Safe Awards were awarded across fifteen categories in total and other winners included the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and GE Healthcare The Maynard Centre with the special recognition award going to Phil Davies London Fire Brigade.
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