Officers’ sweet donation helps defibrillator appeal
POLICE officers’ sweet tooths have raised £500 to go towards a defibrillator for a school.
Oldcastle Primary in Bridgend received the donation from the hub and intel departments in South Wales Police.
The money was raised by PC Ceri Francis, PC Rea Stephens and DI Dean Taylor from sales from their tuck shop within the police station.
They have been hugely successful with their fundraising for charity and have also recently made a donation to the SCBU in the Princess of Wales Hospital.
Head teacher Jeremy Malessa-Thompson said: “Oldcastle Primary School is keen to purchase a defibrillator to ensure the safety of our children, staff and other users of the school.
“The school is often hired privately by various groups so we wanted to ensure we could help someone in need of assistance with a cardiac arrest.
“We are so grate- ful to the officers in South Wales Police for this donation”.
PC Stephens said: “We were keen to support Oldcastle Primary School as our children, and other family members, attend the school or have previously attended.
“It has provided our children with a great start to life and when we heard about the fundraising efforts for a defibrillator we were keen to support something that is close to our hearts.”