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East Kilbride’s Claremont Parish Church Re-invests Fundraising to Purchase a Life-saving Defibrillator for the Community

  • Submitted by: Collette Stevenson, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-13428

That the Parliament notes that East Kilbride’s Claremont Parish Church has used fundraising from its Spring Fair to purchase a life-saving defibrillator for the community; congratulates the church, which serves its congregation in St Leonards, East Kilbride, for raising £3,800 at the fair, £1,400 of which will be used to purchase the defibrillator; understands that the fair offered activities for all the family, including a visit from Princesses Elsa and Cinderella, alongside visits from the fire and ambulance services and the residents of Davaar, who put on an impressive plant sale; observes that the local community came out in force for the event, and that the organisers thanked everyone who helped on the day; understands that around 3,500 people in Scotland undergo attempted resuscitation each year after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but that currently only around one in 12 survive, and considers that community defibrillators are vitally important to saving lives, as they play a crucial role in shortening the time from collapse to first shock for the general public, therefore reducing the likelihood of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest leading to death.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Paul O'Kane, Emma Roddick, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed