Lifesaving Restart a Heart campaign scoops prestigious award
14 July 2021
A Yorkshire Ambulance Service campaign which teaches schoolchildren how to become lifesavers has won a top accolade at the Yorkshire Choice Awards.
The initiative, which has provided CPR training to 151,000 Yorkshire students on Restart a Heart Day since 2014, received a Special Recognition Award at the online event.
Journalist and broadcaster Christa Ackroyd, who announced the award winners, said the recent high-profile resuscitation of Danish footballer Christian Eriksen highlighted the importance of the campaign.
She said: “Christian Eriksen is now well due to the incredible life-saving actions taken on the field and that is what Yorkshire Ambulance Service aims to teach which they have done with amazing success. Keep up the good work of teaching these skills that we should all learn.”
Jason Carlyon, Community Engagement Manager for Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said: “We are so thrilled to win this award! We know the campaign has directly influenced the patient outcomes and we know of lives saved as a result – we can’t ask more than that.
“Thank you to the project team, volunteers, partner organisations, Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity and, of course, all the schools and students for supporting this vital campaign. Together we are improving chances of survival.”
More than 700 staff and volunteers are looking forward to returning to schools for face-to-face CPR training on Restart a Heart Day on Friday 15 October 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic meant the lessons had to be online last year.
The 114 participating schools are:
West Yorkshire - 43
Airedale Academy, Castleford
Brigshaw High School, Allerton Bywater
Honley High School, Honley
Castleford Academy, Castleford
Outwood Academy, Hemsworth
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike
Upper Batley High School, Batley
Garforth Academy, Garforth
Bruntcliffe Academy, Morley
Lawnswood School, Leeds
Leeds City Academy, Leeds
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Leeds
Crawshaw Academy, Pudsey, Leeds
Rida Girls High School, Dewsbury
Rida Boys High School, Dewsbury
Manorcroft Academy, Dewsbury
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Dewsbury
The Brooksbank School, Elland
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria, Clayton
Holmfirth High School, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth
Coop Academy Grange, Bradford
Trinity Academy Bradford, Bradford
Brighouse High School, Brighouse
Highfield School, Ossett
Ossett Academy, Ossett
Pudsey Grangefield School, Pudsey, Leeds
The Farnley Academy, Leeds
Temple Moor High School, Field End Grove, Leeds
Temple Learning Academy, Leeds
Abbey Grange C of E Academy, Leeds
Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley
Bingley Grammar School, Bingley
The Crossley Heath School, Halifax
Ryburn Valley High School, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax
The Halifax Academy, Halifax
North Halifax Grammar School, Illingworth, Halifax
Kirklees College, Huddersfield
Shelley College, Huddersfield
North Huddersfield Trust School, Huddersfield
Crofton Academy, Crofton, Wakefield
Outwood Grange Academy, Wakefield
Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield
Woodkirk Academy, Tingley
East Yorkshire - 14
Driffield School, Driffield
Riverside School, Goole
Howden School, Howden
Beverley Grammar School, Beverley
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College, Willerby
Hessle High School, Hessle
Wilberforce College, Hull
Hymers College, Hull
St Mary's College, Hull
Wyke Sixth Form College, Hull
Oakfield School, Hull
Sirius Academy West, Hull
Headlands School, Bridlington
Withernsea High School, Withernsea
North Yorkshire - 34
Settle College, Settle
Ripon Grammar School, Ripon
Barlby High School, Barlby
Norton College, Norton
Huntington School, York
York High School, York
Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate, York
Archbishop Holgate's School, York
Fulford School, York
Cundall Manor School, York
All Saint's RC School, York
Outwood Academy, Easingwold, York
Selby High School, Selby
King James School, Knaresborough
Sherburn High School, Sherburn in Elmet
Tadcaster Grammar School, Tadcaster
Queen Mary’s School, Topcliffe, Thirsk
Thirsk School & Sixth Form College, Thirsk
The Wensleydale School and Sixth Form, Leyburn
The Skipton Academy, Skipton
Skipton Girls' High School, Skipton
Upper Wharfedale, Skipton
Bedale High School, Bedale
Richmond School, Richmond
St Francis Xavier, Richmond
The Holy Family Catholic High School, Carlton
Stokesley School, Stokesley
Northallerton School, Northallerton
Scarborough College, Scarborough
Scalby School, Scarborough
Scarborough Sixth Form College, Scarborough
Scarborough University Technical College, Scarborough
Harrogate High School, Harrogate
Eskdale School, Whitby
South Yorkshire - 23
Holy Trinity Academy, Barnsley
Outwood Academy Shafton, Barnsley
Maple Medical PRU, Balby, Doncaster
Serlby Park Academy, Doncaster
Outwood Academy Adwick, Doncaster
Don Valley Academy, Doncaster
Oakwood High School, Rotherham
Wingfield Academy, Rotherham
Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Rotherham
Thrybergh Academy, Rotherham
Al-Mahad Al-Islami, Sheffield
Tapton School, Sheffield
UTC Sheffield City, Sheffield
Westfield School, Sheffield
Notre Dame High School, Sheffield
Stocksbridge High School, Sheffield
Outwood Academy City, Sheffield
Firth Park Academy, Sheffield
The Birley Academy, Sheffield
Bradfield School, Sheffield
Hinde House School, Sheffield
Dinnington High School, Sheffield
Ecclesfield School, Ecclesfield
For more information about Restart a Heart Day, visit www.restartaheart.yas.nhs.uk
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