The community in Newbawn is asking the public to come together as they try to replace a broken defibrillator.
A life saving device was damaged in an apparent act of vandalism recently leaving the local sports ground without a key piece of their safety equipment.
There’s been a renewed focus in having defibrillators close to hand following the collapse of Danish footballer Christian Eriksen during the Euros.
A Split the Pot competition is being run by the local community in an effort to fundraise for a new machine.
Graham Bradley is a member of the sporting committee in Newbawn and says it’s a hard time to ask people for money.
“Over the last year and a half, fundraising hasn’t been a thing you can do easily but we have to come up with ways to replace it.
“It is needed because we have a walking track, a GAA field, a soccer pitch and now that it’s needed so badly, it’s not there.
“That’s how we’ve come to the idea of the Split the Pot so we can replace the defibrillator.”
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