Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) is issuing a last-minute appeal for volunteers to help deliver CPR training at secondary schools on Restart a Heart Day.
A total of 171 secondary schools from across the region are taking part in the event on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, which means that more than 35,000 students will learn the life-saving skill in one day.
More than 740 off-duty Yorkshire Ambulance Service staff and Community First Responders, as well as volunteers from some partner organisations, have already signed up to help provide the training but additional volunteers are still needed in certain areas.
Each school is allocated a team of volunteers including one lead volunteer, who has overall responsibility for the event at that specific location. The training is delivered by the lead with the aid of a PowerPoint presentation and a tutorial video. The volunteers are there to support the practical element of the training and don’t have to have a clinical background to take part, just a basic understanding of CPR is required.
Volunteers are still needed at the following locations:
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West Yorkshire |
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14+ Academies, Leeds - 1 volunteer |
Kirklees College - Springfield Sixth Form Centre, Dewsbury - 1 volunteer |
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Bradford College 14-16 Alternative Provision - 1 volunteer |
Leeds West Academy - 1 volunteer |
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Castle Hall Academy, Mirfield - 2 volunteers |
Reach Academy, Batley - 1 volunteer |
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Co-op Academy Priesthorpe, Pudsey - 1 lead, 2 volunteers |
Rida Boys High School, Dewsbury - 1 lead, 1 volunteer |
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Ethos College, Dewsbury - 1 volunteer |
Rida Girls High School, Dewsbury - 1 lead, 1 volunteer |
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Farnley Academy, Leeds - 1 lead |
Wetherby High School - 1 lead |
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South Yorkshire |
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Campsmount Academy, Doncaster - 2 volunteers |
Notre Dame High School, Sheffield - 1 lead |
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Horizon Community College, Barnsley - 1 lead |
Serlby Park Academy, Doncaster - 1 volunteer |
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New College Doncaster - 1 lead, 1 volunteer |
Trinity Academy Halifax - 1 lead, 1 volunteer |
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North Yorkshire |
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Caedmon College, Whitby - 1 volunteer |
Risedale School, Catterick Garrison - 1 volunteer |
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Cambian Spring Hill School, Ripon - 2 volunteers |
Rossett School, Harrogate - 1 lead |
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Cundall Manor School, York - 2 volunteers |
Selby College - 1 volunteer |
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George Pindar School, Scarborough - 1 volunteer |
The Forest School, Knaresborough - 1 volunteer |
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Huntington School, York - 1 volunteer
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The Rubicon Centre, Selby - 1 lead, 2 volunteers |
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Northallerton School and Sixth Form - 1 volunteer |
The Wensleydale School, Leyburn - 1 lead, 3 volunteers |
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East Yorkshire |
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Brayton Academy, Selby - 2 volunteers |
Hymers College, Hull - 1 volunteer |
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Cottingham School - 1 lead |
Oakfield School, Hull - 1 lead |
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Goole Academy - 1 volunteer |
Rise Academy, Hull - 1 lead and 3 volunteers |
Volunteers can register by completing this form. For more information visit the Restart a Heart website, refer to the Restart a Heart Day Volunteer Information Pack or email yas.restartaheart@nhs.net.