Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am running the London Marathon for the Nestle Buxton team on 28th April. I wanted to make fundraising relevant for us in Halifax and am fundraising for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. This is a charity where over 1,150 volunteers, alongside 5,700 staff provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

It is this team that first attended to Aaron when he suffered a heart attack. 

Currently the charity focus is on cardiac survival as they want people in Yorkshire to have the best possible chance of surviving sudden cardiac failure. In the UK this is one the biggest causes of death, it can happen to anyone anywhere. We know that bystander CPR and access to defibrillation can dramatically increase the chances of successful resuscitation by an ambulance crew.

Any donation you make will help to fund... 

• Community Public Access Defibrillators - which are accessible to the public 24/7 increasing the chances of survival after a cardiac arrest. We fund these in partnership with local communities who then own and look after the device.
• Free First Aid Training - we believe everyone should know what to do in a medical emergency. We train community groups who would not normally have access to this training across Yorkshire. 
• Restart a Heart Day – each year we train 30,000 young people in basic lifesaving skills – hands only CPR. YAS staff volunteer their time to achieve this and the charity provides financial support.
• YAS BASIC Doctors – YAS has a network of volunteer doctors who can respond to medical traumas. The doctors give their time for free and the YAS Charity funds their equipment and training expenses.
• YAS Employees Health and Wellbeing – we support our YAS colleagues with health and wellbeing projects.

Thank you.