Life saving defibrillators will be installed at three Liverpool sports venues.
The Liverpool Rangers, Liverpool Olympic, and Western Sydney BMX Club will each receive up to $3,000 towards the purchase, installation and training in a new automated external defibrillator.
It follows the awarding of funding under the NSW Government’s local sport defibrillator grant program.
Member for Liverpool, Charishma Kaliyanda, joined members of the Liverpool Rangers Soccer Club at Ireland Park (pictured above) to welcome the local grants.
“Liverpool residents love their sport and this funding will ensure our local sporting organisations are equipped to respond to life-threating emergencies,’’ says Ms Kaliyanda.
“It was great to join the Liverpool Rangers at Ireland Park to celebrate the delivery of this vital, life-saving equipment to their club.
“With more and more people of all ages participating in sport and active recreation across the Liverpool electorate, this equipment gives them peace of mind should the worst ever happen.”
The grants program was available to a range of clubs, associations and councils in the State’s lowest socioeconomic areas.
“Heart attacks and heart disease do not discriminate, and access to a defibrillator immediately following a cardiac arrest can mean the difference between life and death,’’ says minister for sport Steve Kamper.
“The NSW Government wants to ensure that people participating in sport in the State’s most disadvantaged areas have access to the same life saving equipment as people in more affluent areas.
“The NSW Government’s local sport defibrillator grant program ensures that our smallest community sport and recreation clubs are equipped to respond to life threatening emergencies.”
