Birmingham Start A Heart Appeal

Raising £60,000 to save lives by placing more defibrillators in public places all across Birmingham

We urgently need support from people who are   prepared to give time or money to help us save lives    in Birmingham.

The BHF Birmingham Start a Heart Appeal aims to raise £60,000 to purchase 50 Automated External Defibrillators costing £1,200 each and place them in community sites.

Working in partnership with the West Midlands Ambulance Service, the life saving equipment will be sited in areas of greatest need across Birmingham and the appropriate training will be provided to staff based at the sites.

The equipment and training could make the difference between life and death.

A defibrillator could save someone’s life

Imagine you are out with a loved one and they collapse, unconscious, not breathing with no signs of life – they could be having a cardiac arrest. If they are, their survival rate decreases by 14 per cent every minute, so prompt action is vital to keep them alive whilst waiting for the emergency services to arrive.

An Automated External Defibrillator is a portable piece of life saving equipment that delivers an electric shock through the chest wall to help restore the hearts normal rhythm. It is estimated that if a person receives cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cardiac massage and rescue breathing) and defibrillation within the first five minutes, their chances of survival can be increased by up to 30 per cent.

Unfortunately at the moment, there are not enough defibrillators and trained people within the community to give these victims the best chance of survival during those first few critical minutes.

We need your support of the Birmingham Start a Heart appeal to help raise £60,000

Donate today, or create your own online fundraising appeal if you would like to invite friends, family or colleagues to also support the appeal.

We also need people to volunteer to support the appeal. Your local volunteer fundraising manager will be happy to discuss ways in which you can help.

To make a credit card donation by phone please call 0121 722 8350 quoting Birmingham Start a Heart Appeal.

To donate by cheques, please make payable to the BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION quoting 'Birmingham Start a Heart Appeal' on reverse and send to the address below:

Donna Stokes, Fundraising Volunteer Manager, Birmingham
British Heart Foundation, Birmingham Start a Heart Appeal, PO Box 11771, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 3WH

Any money received in excess of the appeal target will be applied to the British Heart Foundation’s other vital activities in the fight against heart disease.

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