Grassroots sport in some of NSW\u2019s most disadvantaged areas have received funding for new life-saving defibrillators at local sports facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One hundred and ninety-four organisations have shared in $500,000 under the NSW Government\u2019s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each organisation will receive up to $3000 towards the purchase, installation, and training in a new automated external defibrillator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Labor Government is committed to rebuilding our grassroots sporting communities and ensuring local facilities are fit-for-purpose. The program was available to sport and recreation clubs, associations, and organisations as well as councils and service clubs in the state\u2019s lowest 5 socio-economic areas according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get more information on the Local Sports Defibrillator Program<\/a>, including the list of recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHeart 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe NSW Government wants to ensure that people participating in sport in the state\u2019s most disadvantaged areas have access to the same life-saving equipment as people in more affluent areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe NSW Government\u2019s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program ensures that our smallest community sport and recreation clubs are equipped to respond to life-threatening emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Jamie Vandenberg, Co-deputy Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNine out 10 people who have a sudden cardiac arrest outside of hospital won\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut your chances are greatly increased if there is a defibrillator close at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see that more sports clubs across NSW will now have these life-saving devices installed as a result of these grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery second counts when it comes to surviving a sudden cardiac arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grassroots sport in some of NSW\u2019s most disadvantaged areas have received funding for new life-saving defibrillators at local sports facilities. One hundred and ninety-four organisations have shared in $500,000 under the NSW Government\u2019s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. Each organisation will receive up to $3000 towards the purchase, installation, and training in a new automated … Continue reading “$500,000 of life-saving defibrillators delivered to disadvantaged areas”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26513,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26512\/revisions\/26513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}