Muirkirk Enterprise Group receives community defibrillator
Muirkirk Enterprise Group recently received life-saving equipment donated by Jupiter Play.
Jupiter Play were delighted to support Muirkirk Enterprise Group through the East Ayrshire Community Defibrillator Initiative. This is another great addition to the community and fits with the group’s vision of improving the physical appearance of the village, encouraging tourists and visitors, increasing employment opportunities, improving community safety and creating a community where people want to live.
Jupiter Play are proud to have worked with East Ayrshire Council for some time in developing and creating some wonderful play facilities and are pleased to be able to contribute to Community Initiatives which will benefit the wider community.
This unique initiative, devised by the Council’s Health and Safety Service and Procurement, encourages local contractors to donate life-saving equipment for distribution within the communities where they are undertaking work, as part of their obligations to provide wider local community benefits during the life of their contract with the Council.
Applications are welcomed from any community groups and clubs based in East Ayrshire who would like to benefit from this equipment. Further details on how the initiative works and how to apply can be found on the East Ayrshire Council Wellbeing Website including a fill list of locations of current defibrillators in East Ayrshire, how to register your defibrillator and information on how to use and maintain the equipment.
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From left: Janie Trotter, Cathleen Hignet, David McLatchie, Vida Trotter, Hugh Moorhead, Gary Clifford and Billy Kirk (MEG Members and Directors), Chair Bob Norman, Ian Smith (Jupiter Play), Councillor Claire Leitch, Councillor Linda Holland, Councillor Alyson Simmons and Councillor Neal Ingram