We set up as a community organisation in 2001 and became a registered charity in 2020.  Our objective is to help save lives by training people in emergency life saving (ELS).  These skills are the actions needed to keep someone alive and safe until professional help arrives. They are skills that anyone can learn.

Life-threatening emergencies are sadly all too common. Coronary heart disease (CHD) in particular, is one of this country’s biggest killers. Although the rate is falling in the UK, it is still one of the highest in the world, accounting for more than 120,000 deaths per year.

Every two minutes one person in the UK has a heart attack, and in 30% of cases the casualty dies before he or she reaches hospital, due to cardiac arrest.

We offer all of our training free- of- charge to community organisations, schools, members of the public, businesses and family groups.  We rely on donations to cover the costs of training materials and other costs associated with running our training courses.

We have so far trained over 20,000 people and each year we add a further 1,000 – 2,000 people to that number.  Our vision is that everyone should know how to save a life.