CHARLIE and Linda Kellaway with Holyrood Academy's medical room assistant Jennifer Gent, head teacher Martin Brook and Tom Jackson, assistant community responder officer at a defibrillator training session.
A WOMAN whose son has a rare hearing defect has helped organise lifesaving equipment and training courses across South Somerset.
Linda Kellaway got involved with Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome UK in its Big Shock campaign because of her son, Charlie.
She has raised enough money to fund five defibrillators, two of which are based at Tatworth Primary School and Holyrood Academy in Chard.
The machine can give people suffering a cardiac arrest a 50% chance of survival, compared to just 5% by using CPR.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here