# Wellington School Ayr named Fundraiser of the Year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/19/wellington-school-ayr-named-fundraiser-of-the-year/
- Published: 2015-10-19T17:20:19+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Wellington School in Ayr, Scotland, has been named [Fundraiser of the Year](https://fundraising.co.uk/)
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.”
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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](
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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](http://www.ukheartsafeawards.co.uk) 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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