Football club helps school net lifesaving equipment
A life-saving defibrillator has been installed at a primary school, thanks to help from a junior football team.
The machine, which is used for emergency first aid in the event of cardiac arrest, has been loaned to St Michael's RC Primary School in Castlecroft by Wolverhampton Olympic FC.
Wolverhampton Olympic chairman Alistair Warden, whose daughter attends the school, said the club had worked hard to raise funds purchase the machines to protect the safety of its young players.
He said the machines were very costly and the school would not otherwise have had the funds to pay for one.
"Rather than having a machine sitting during the week and be of no immediate use to people, the club's committee was happy to support loaning a machine to St Michael's during the school week," said Mr Warden.
"We think it's right to help support a local school in safeguarding the pupils in their care, who could be potential future players for Olympic."
Headmistress Stacy McHale said the school had a very good relationship with the club, and the gesture was very much appreciated.
"We are very grateful to the Warden family and the club for loaning us this machine," she said.
"Everybody at the school is first-aid trained, and a lot of our staff have the full paediatric training.
"We would always hope it will never be needed, but at least if the need did occur, we know it is there. We wouldn't have had one otherwise."
Wolverhampton Olympic was formed in 2012 and has 14 teams ranging from the under-sevens to under-18s, as well as an academy for children aged four to seven.
