We are part of what London Ambulance Service (LAS) calls 'defibrillator deserts'

You might be very surprised - or shocked - to know that if anyone living near Salusbury Rd or Lonsdale Rd had a cardiac arrest you have no defribrillator machine around 24/7?

These machines can improve survival chances by 70% but currently you'd have to rely on Salusbury school, Lonsdale Medical Centre, Queens Park train station, or Queens Park park being open and someone getting back to the person who stopped breathing in time.

So Kensal Rise Library has a campaign to raise £20,000 to fund EIGHT across our area.

You can see local coverage at www.defibfinder.uk and the wider local campaign at bit.ly/savelocallives.

WHAT CAN I DO?

We only need 200 people to donate £10 and add Gift Aid and we will have the money for defibs along Salusbury & Lonsdale Rds, as explained below.

YOUR MONEY WILL BE DOUBLED BY AKOYA!

Akoya have generously said they will commit £2,500 if our community can raise the other £2,500.

WHERE WILL THE MACHINES GO?

The Lonsdale one will go near the north side of Lonsdale Rd, near Tennyson Rd, helping residents and passers-by also on Glengall, Esmond, Victoria, Hazelmere, Donaldson, Hartland, Lynton Roads.

The Salusbury Rrd one will likely go near to the entrance to "Beyond Health" (next to the Coop).

MORE ABOUT DEFIBS

Each year in Britain around 30,000 people are struck by sudden cardiac arrest outside of hospital environments. They can affect anyone at any time -- from young children at school to adults when they're at home, work or in public places.

If victims aren't treated properly, more often than not, cardiac arrests are fatal.

That's why it's so important to have defibrillators that provide high-energy electric shocks to the heart in as many public places as possible - if a defib is used within 3-5 minutes of cardiac arrest, survival rates jump from 6 to 74 percent.