Community organisations across the city are being encouraged to bid for government defibrillator funding.
The Government has announced it it inviting new bids for its £1 million Community Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Fund and local MP for Milton Keynes North, Ben Everitt, is encouraging local community groups to apply.
Applicants will have to be able to demonstrate that defibrillators will be placed in areas of need, these places include those with high footfall, vulnerable people, rural areas, or due to the nature of activity at the site.
An estimated 1,000 new defibrillators are to be provided by the fund, with the potential for this to double as successful applicants will be asked to match the funding they receive partially or fully.
Ben Everitt, the MP for Milton Keynes North, commented: "I would strongly encourage community organisations across Milton Keynes, and beyond, to look at the Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund and see whether it would be suitable in their area as these are truly life saving devices.
"Obviously we hope no defibrillator purchased with support from this fund will ever have to be used in Milton Keynes, but the more we have across the constituency the better chance we have of saving a life if they are needed."
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, said: “We know, through inspiring stories of ordinary people, being kept alive thanks to the swift use of a defibrillator in public, that these extraordinary devices must be accessible to all.
“I urge any organisation that may benefit from a defibrillator – whether you’re a sports club, local theatre or community hall – to register your interest for this fund so that we can get more of this life-saving technology placed around England.”
You can submit an expression of interest here.
