Category: Holcot Village Hall

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Saturday 31 October: a little something to get your teeth into…

While all manner of vampires, ghosts and monsters are on the roam, take refuge in the warmth of the Holcot Village Hall. And put your little grey cells to work tackling some fiendishly spine-tingling questions to help raise much-needed funds for Service Six*. (All details as below, but tickets are disappearing fast, so put together a team of six and call or message Rosie on 07908 848380.)

Mouth-watering food will keep the wolf from the door, but please bring your own drinks/nibbles/plates/cutlery/condiments etc.

Cash preferred for the raffle, but there will be the opportunity to pay by card as well.

* Service Six is an award-winning mental health charity based in Wellingborough, providing specialist wellbeing support for children and young people, and those who care for them.

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The biggest threat to somebody who has collapsed from a heart attack?

TIME.

It takes just four minutes after a human heart has stopped before internal organs begin to stop working. A frightening prospect.

Most of us would be out of our depth. A mixture of panic and ‘little knowledge’ would prevail. Valuable time would be lost. And a well-meaning but untrained physical response might cause more harm than good.

Enter the St John Ambulance CPR and defibrillator team.

On Thursday 18 June, in the Village Hall, nine parishioners were educated and entertained by Chris and Cayti from Kettering St John Ambulance. They benefitted from 90 minutes of CPR demonstration and defibrillator use – with hands-on practice on the very compliant Annie (a plastic ‘body’).

While none of us would now claim to be expert, we have at least a foundation of knowledge that would, hopefully, enable a quick and appropriate response in an emergency.

A very worthwhile session and I urge you all to look out for the next training opportunity and come and join us! You can find out more about how to do CPR here.

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