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Do you know of a defibrillator in Calderdale that needs a new battery or has been used and requires new pads? The Community CPR Fund is here to help and can pay for these for you. 🚑 Waiting for paramedics to arrive can feel like a lifetime. Having access to a working defibrillator when someone is having a cardiac arrest can make all the difference and could save a life. 🚑 If you're part of a voluntary or sports club, a Guardian, or just a concerned community member, it's crucial to ensure the defibrillator nearest to you is in perfect working order. To check, visit Defibfinder.uk to locate and check the status of your nearest defibrillator. (I'm nosey and like to be prepared and wanted to know the ones closest to where I live and where I work). If it needs a new battery or new pads, don't worry, The Community CPR Fund will cover these costs. Simply email Neil Davidson DL [email protected] with the details of what you need. Let’s keep our community safe and prepared. Share this post to spread the word and ensure every defibrillator in Calderdale is ready to save lives ❤️ #CPRWeek #Defibrillator #Calderdale #CommunitySafety #HeartHealth #SaveLives

Vial of Life program Presentation at the Rotary Club of Sapulpa, OK. Presented by Lindsey L. Williams, President, Rotary Club of Owasso, OK. The Rotary Club of Owasso, in partnership with the Owasso Fire Department, launched the Vial of Life program on February 1, 2024, for home-bound seniors, housebound disabled veterans, and residents who may need emergency care. The Vial of Life program is nationally recognized as saving countless lives each year by providing emergency responders with life-saving medical information during an emergency. We aim to provide the Vial of Life kits free of charge to Owasso and the surrounding community. The Owasso Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit If your senior parent, housebound disabled veteran, or another family member had a medical emergency and were alone, they might be unconscious or confused. If so, who would provide the crucial medical information that EMS personnel need in an emergency? Even if awake and aware, people don't always remember details in a crisis. This is when the free Vial of Life kits can save a life! Our goal is to help medical personnel make the best decisions regarding emergency treatment for Owasso, OK, and surrounding areas by providing a Vial of Life Kit for the residents who need it. "The Vial of Life Kit is designed to speak for the residents when they can't speak for themselves." Vial of Life Program: https://lnkd.in/gXMqbYwR

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Our Value- Give morethan we recieved Top Benefits of Having us onboard! Reliability & Peace of Mind Engaging the services of Stanford Senior Care can will provide peace of mind to both seniors and their families. Knowing that a loved one is receiving care from a reputable and reliable company can alleviate concerns about their well-being. The assurance of quality services and a focus on the overall comfort and happiness of seniors contributes to a sense of security for families entrusting their loved ones to the care of Stanford Senior Care. -Stanford Senior Care, has a policy where we are committed to making donations every time someone hires our services- Quality Care & Security Stanford Senior Care is dedicated to offer a high-quality care services, leveraging the expertized and a commitment to delivering top-tier care. Quality care ensures that seniors receive the best possible attention to their health and well-being. Security is a critical aspect of senior care, especially for individuals who may have health issues or mobility challenges. Stanford Senior Care will emphasizes a secure environment, implementing measure emergency response systems, and well-trained staff to handle various situations. Ensuring the safety of seniors is paramount, and a focus on security contributes significantly to the overall positive experience for both seniors and their families.

Efficient communication in the Not-for-Profit sector is critical. When you consider Not-for-Profits often need to: 👉 Coordinate volunteers 👉 Provide urgent support 👉 Notify people in emergencies Then it's easy to see why clear and timely communication is so important… Just recently, we partnered with a medical response organisation that was struggling to communicate efficiently with its network of 500 regional volunteers. That's until we stepped in 💪 Thanks to Whispir's platform they’re now able to send important communications in real-time, and they’re saving on their SMS costs too! Read the case study in full by clicking below ⬇️ ⬇️ #CriticalComms #NotForProfit

This is 100% on point. Elected officials have no true understanding of the costs of the service they get versus what they are paying into it. They simply want an ambulance to appear when their residents call 911. A necessary goal obviously but not one that comes without a price tag. I for one believe in most sections of the nation a hybrid response model is the model that needs to be enacted. Volunteer and career staff working together. Both are professionals, one does it in their spare time and one does it for a living. It can work and we are seeing it work in different sections of the nation. Without a hybrid model, the tax payers have to be prepared for quite a large tax hike as the cost to provide service is not anywhere near the amount that the tax payer is currently paying.

One of the great scandals of our time is the routine placement of children in care in homes many miles away from their close connections. The reasons for this are complex but one of them is the shortage of providers willing to reserve their places for local children (‘local’ meaning within an easy travel distance of their original home). This shortage is fuelled in part by the commercial pressures created by investor-owners to keep homes fully occupied, regardless of where in the country those children are sent from. Many areas, therefore, end up with quite a few homes occupied by children from outside the area while the local council will be forced to place their own children further afield, should a local placement not be available. Yes, it’s a form of madness, but one that is the norm in most of England. Is there a solution? Yes there is and one of them is to create more providers like We Are Juno CIC (of which I am honoured to be Chair) who explicitly commit our places to children from Liverpool City Region. This, of course, means a smaller ‘pool’ of children for our homes (which is operationally more challenging) but it does mean that a child from the Liverpool City Region area will not be sent out of area when they don’t need to be. The piece below from C4 News is a superb investment of time for anyone trying to understand the nature of the problems in the children’s social care system and what possible solutions look like. In short, what are needed are homes EVERYWHERE that prioritise local children and don’t rely on an economic model that drives the provider to take children from further afield. My own view is that chains of homes run on impact-first lines are needed, ideally where there are clear incentives to provide exclusively for local children. This is easier said than done. At We Are Juno CIC and other fantastic providers like Social adVentures and Navigo we are trying to demonstrate the art of the possible. We also need social investors to step up to the plate on this and make the capital available to create more of these places. Local homes for local children. It can’t be that difficult, can it? #childrenssocialcare #c4 #dfe #ceo #leader #guardian #safeguarding #become

Well done to all.

National Day of Giving (November 29, 2022) encourages giving back. Assisting Hands Homecare gives back to the community. We’ve just spent the weekend shopping and searching for the best possible deals. National Day Of Giving reminds us to give to those in need. Whether we look to our favorite causes or charities, it is a great reminder to lift others up during a generous time of year. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. Try these ways to give: Set up a collection for non-perishable food at work. Deliver the collection to a local food pantry. Donate gift cards to a shelter. Collect new toys and donate them to children spending the holidays in the hospital. Make blankets for those receiving cancer treatment. https://lnkd.in/eUTYtHCV