2020 AGM

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 25 May 2020

Due to COVID-19 we have been unable to hold our regular AGM this year. However, we did hold an electronic version by e-mail. The main items were that we have had no income to the fund during this AGM year and it was agreed to use the fund to purchase batteries and electrode pads for all five defibri...

Annual inspections

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 18 April 2020

This week all five of our locations were visited and the cabinets cleaned inside and out, locks were lubricated and resident spiders were evicted! The defibrillators were checked and battery life was within expectations - 25% or greater remaining. These are designed to last for 4 years and so are p...

COVID Cleaning

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 15 March 2020

All five defibrillators, cases, cabinets and keypads have been cleaned with anti-bacterial materials as recommended by Community Heartbeat Trust in the light of the COVID-19 crisis. Those responsible for regular checks will comply with this safety process for the foreseeable future. All devices rema...

More Useful Info

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 14 January 2020

A new easy to understand chart has been added to our Useful Info page. It clearly explains the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest and tells you what to do.

Checked for Christmas

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 22 December 2019

All 5 of our defibs have been checked and are in top working order should they be required over the festive period.

2019 AGM

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 15 May 2019

The 2019 AGM was held at 4.30pm on 15th May 2019 at The Wonston Arms. All four committee members were present. Income to our Maintenance Fund during the year 2018/19 amounted to £190 and expenditure amounted to £232. Only minor expenditure is anticipated for the coming year. Our next ma...

Donation

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 22 April 2019

Many thanks to Sue Lane for donating £25 to our maintenance fund. The batteries on our devices will need replacing in a couple of years which will be a considerable expense. With inflation our fund actually shrinks every year so donations such as Sue's do help offset this loss.

2019 Maintenance

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 08 April 2019

Today all five of our locations were visited and the cabinets cleaned inside and out, locks were lubricated and resident spiders were evicted! The defibrillators were checked and battery life was within expectations - 50% or greater remaining. These are designed to last for 4 years and so are perfor...

New Website

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 17 January 2019

Our newly designed website is now online. It conforms to security requirements made by search engines such as Google for websites to have encryption to protect visitors. You were perfectly safe before - even more so now! https://www.wonston-cpads.org

New Electrode Pads

Added by Wonston CPADS Admin on 22 December 2018

Today all of the defibrillators had their electrode pads replaced. The new pads are certified until 31/12/20 when they will be replaced once again. The cost of these parts was £198 which has come from our maintenance fund. All five of our cabinets are checked weekly by local volunteers to make...