Robin Worsley writes:
In reply to Charles James regarding the Defibrillator. Everybody locally must have seen all the posters and been aware it was going happen when and where but there was nothing to say WHY which to most people is the very relevant. Had there been a small banner across John’s signs saying IN AID OF THE DEFIBRILLATOR there might have been a better turnout.
All is not lost. For those of us who do not wish to subject ourselves to potentially a lot of loud music tell us how we can contribute!!
Robin
Tina Wons writes..
Dear Charles
Thank you for the useful information about the defibrillator. I wasn’t aware of the ongoing and future expected costs, so that is good to know. Obviously an excellent cause. The only point I would like to make about the music festival is that the local advertising (the wooden boards up around the village, and the blackboard outside the pub) didn’t mention that the event was in aid of defibrillator funds, so it’s possible that people didn’t realise.
Yours
Tina Wons
The Editor comments: I think you both have a point. Hopefully next time some people will volunteer to help John. He did a fantastic job putting the event together, but without any assistance on tasks like publicity , blogging and canvassing etc.
I have had a few people ask how much was raised at White Horse music festival for the defibrillator.
The total amounted to £110.64
I would like to clarify that this amount was raised entirely from the profit of the burger/hot dog stall ran by the defibrillator team. No additional funds were received from any other participants of the music festival on the day.
The total was however boosted by generous donations after the event by parishioners and also donations received at the village fete. We banked in total £202.64.
Many thanks to all for your generous support.