A HOUSING association has given further backing to a charity installing and raising awareness of life-saving defibrillators in Northallerton.
Broadacres Association provided a grant to help Restarting Hearts in Northallerton buy its first public access defibrillator.
And the property services team at Broadacres has now installed the unit free of charge for the group.
The Association has pledged future support by volunteering to install more defibrillators as Restarting Hearts works towards its target of buying at least 15 units for the town in its first 12 months.
The first defibrillator has been placed at the Bankhead Road shops in Northallerton, an area where Broadacres has a high concentration of homes.
Andrew Proud, trustee of Restarting Hearts, suffered a heart attack in 2015 aged only 35.
He said that accessible defibrillators will significantly increase the chances of residents surviving cardiac arrests in the town.
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