Harvest Festival Donations to help local charities
A leading North Yorkshire school has helped local charities by donating the proceeds of their Harvest Festival to those in need. Cundall Manor School held their annual Harvest Festival at Topcliffe Church last week and collected a huge range of goods for Ripon Salvation Army and local agencies across North Yorkshire. Every form in the school took part in the raising and giving. Joint Head at the school, John Sample, said: “It was great to see so many people at our service. The generosity of our parents and pupils is always astounding.” Stephanie Ruddy, who works at the Salvation Army in Ripon, added: “We would like to thank everyone who gave so generously. We are very grateful for all these donations. “The food will add a great deal to the Emergency Food Bank used by agencies such as the YMCA, social services, family support units and we even send food to places such as St George’s Crypt in Leeds so the food will help a great many people across the region.” The Harvest Festival incorporated a service which was taken by the Reverend Alison Askew in front of a full church of proud teachers, parents and grandparents at the nearby Topcliffe Church. To find out more about at the great charity work pupils and staff do at Cundall Manor School, visit www.cundallmanorschool.com.
CPR Training Helps Pupils Understand What is Needed to Restart a Heart
Would you know what to do if someone is not breathing? Pupils from a leading North Yorkshire School are today learning the importance of CPR as part of a Europe wide initiative to educate people about the importance of CPR. Cundall Manor School, near Thirsk and Ripon, joined another 120 school from across the county to take part in ‘Restart a Heart Day’ – a programme which provides pupils with life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training. Pupils as young as FIVE joined in the training which aims to teach members of the public how to help restart the heart of someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest. Instructors from York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Yorkshire Ambulance Service taught nearly 340 children at the school how to perform CPR using an interactive DVD and practical instruction on inflatable manikins. School Matron, Beverly Longthorne, helped organise the event for the school. She said: “Events like this help raise awareness and equip our pupils with a real life skill that could prevent a someone dying.” The school benefited from the expertise of several staff from the nearby York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust being on hand to help instruct pupils as to the best way to perform the life-saving skill. Clinical Skills Lead for the Trust, Sandra Tucker-Quinn, said: “Events like today are about making a difference from a young age. We are teaching real life skills that could save a life. Effective bystander CPR could reduce mortality rates by a significant amount.” Across Europe around 350,000 people a year suffer a cardiac arrest outside of a medical environment, often in the home. Bystander CPR by non-medical persons increases survival by two to three times, however, today it is delivered in only one in five out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest cases. Estimates suggest that by increasing this rate we may save 100,000 lives in Europe per year. CPR consists of 4 key steps: Call for help Check for signs of life Perform mouth-to-mouth Perform chest compressions To find out more about Restart a Heart Day visit the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust dedicated website onwww.restartaheart.yas.nhs.uk/day/The Resuscitation Council (UK) have produced an app to help people on the go learn CPR. You can download it from your app store.