Superstore cash helps Grangemouth community group pay for vital new defibrillator
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The funding, from the superstore’s Bags of Help initiative, will go a long way towards paying for the defibrillator – which costs £1375 – so it can be located at Beancross and Newlands Community Centre, in Montgomery Street, Grangemouth
Scott Linton, Newlands Community Associaton chairman, said: “There are only two other defibrillators locally – one in Charlotte Dundas and one at the British Legion in Dundas Street. We still have a bit to raise before we can get the defibrillator but we are hoping local businesses can help us the shortfall.”
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