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Football Club’s Community Heart Tests

30th July 202430th July 2024 Graham Wright

Organisers of a heart screening event in Ruddington at the weekend say they were delighted by the turnout. Hosted by Ruddington Village Football Club in the ‘Jubilee Clubhouse’ at Elms Park, a hundred young people aged from 14 to 35 went along to be tested by a specialist team from the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). They completed a medical history questionnaire and echocardiograms (ECGs) were carried out. CRY’s community visit on Saturday (27th July) was made possible by recent club fundraisers, with both players and local people benefitting from…

Life Saving Tool for Ruddington School

16th July 201716th July 2017 Graham Wright

A village school has raised funds to install a defibrillator to save lives in its local community. It was presented to St Peter’s Junior School on Ashworth Avenue this week. Pupils and staff there wanted to ensure visitors and all users of the school had access to a defibrillator – as the nearest one is some distance away and the school is a busy community hub. As a result of various fund-raising activities and events, such as collecting 5 pence pieces in the summer holidays, a pupils’ disco and the recent summer fair and car boot sale,…