Tags: SADS
Young people talk about their experiences learning vital life-saving skills
Posted: Sat, 13 Jul 2019
STUDENTS from Moat Community College talked about why being heartsafe is so important to them as they unveiled a new public access defibrillator. Read More »
Bradgate Park Trust join forces with JHMT to create a ‘Heart Safe’ Bradgate Park & Swithland Wood for ALL
Posted: Sun, 19 May 2019
The Charity that cares for Leicestershire's favourite attraction is working to become Heart Safe, with the installation of publicly accessible defibrillators across the Estate. Read More »
Scouts team up with JHMT to launch new heartsafe badge
Posted: Thu, 18 Apr 2019
CHARNWOOD Scouts have teamed up with Rothley-based heart charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) to develop a new badge for their members. Read More »
Joe’s Trust JHMT Helps Local Scouts to Become Heartsafe
Posted: Fri, 07 Dec 2018
Rothley-based charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT), which raises awareness of sudden heart deaths like SADS (sudden arrhythmic death syndrome), has been helping Charnwood Scouts to become heartsafe by offering specialist life-saving training... Read More »
Joe’s Trust (JHMT) Helps Boxing Club to Become Heart Safe
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2018
The Waterfront Sports and Education Academy (WSEA) has recently installed a defibrillator at the front of its building, on Marjorie Street.
Through its association with the JHMT, the club was able to purchase a defib at a subsidised rate. Staff from WSEA... Read More »
Foxes legends join forces with Joe’s Trust (JHMT) to help tackle SADS
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Steve and Muzzy – who run the Advanced Football Development Academy (AFDA), in Whetsone – have taken on responsibility for looking after a defibrillator previously housed in a medical room at the neighbouring Blaby Whetstone Boys Club, positioning... Read More »
Defibrillator and training for St Matthews community marks SADS Awareness Week
Posted: Fri, 05 Oct 2018
A NEW multi-use games area and Cruyff court in St Matthews in Leicester has officially launched its new public-access defibrillator.
St Matthews multi-use games area is a flagship project on the city estate, which officially opened in August. Located in... Read More »
Awesome Foursome Share out £1,650 in Inspire Awards
Posted: Mon, 01 Oct 2018
George Larke, Dan Lewis, Kade Smith and Jessica Lapworth have each received Inspire Awards from local charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) to help them reach their goals in music, sport and creative arts.
The JHMT set up the scheme in memory... Read More »
Simple Skills Save Lives - That's the Message of this Year's SADS Awareness Week
Posted: Mon, 01 Oct 2018
SADS Awareness Week will take place from 1-5 October 2018. It is organised by local charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT).
The JHMT was set up after the death of Rothley teenager Joe Humphries in 2012. Joe died from SADS while out on a training... Read More »
Three Local Sports Clubs Raise their Game to Create a Heartsafe Sporting Environment
Posted: Sat, 01 Sep 2018
Kegworth Town Cricket Club, Kibworth Cricket Club and Kirby Muxloe Sports Club have all invested in defibrillators and had CPR training with the support of the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT). Financial assistance has come from JHMT and the Everards... Read More »
New Defibrillators Available for the Community
Posted: Wed, 29 Aug 2018
The equipment is now available for the community to use at the Derby Road and Nanpantan sports grounds.
While the defibrillators can be used by anyone, training is also being offered thanks to the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust, a Leicestershire heart charity... Read More »
Historic City Cricket has its Finger on the Pulse when it comes to Heart Safety
Posted: Thu, 24 May 2018
The Leicester Electricity Sports Cricket Club, based off Aylestone Road in New Bridge Street, has a new defibrillator attached to the outside wall of its cricket pavilion, making it available to the public, if needed, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.... Read More »
On your Marks, Get Set, Go for the 5th Joe's Jog!
Posted: Fri, 04 May 2018
Joe's Jog, now in its fifth year, will take place before the Mattioli Woods Rothley 10k running event which takes place in the Leicestershire village on Tuesday 12 June.
The inclusive and family-friendly fun run gives families and children aged seven and... Read More »
200 People Have Now Been Trained in Vital Life-Saving Skills
Posted: Wed, 18 Apr 2018
Free training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use a defibrillator has been offered to council staff, 'friends of' parks groups and members of the public in a drive to make Leicester's open spaces 'heart friendly'.
The training, which... Read More »
On your Marks, Get Set, Go for the 5th Joe's Jog!
Posted: Tue, 20 Mar 2018
Joe's Jog, now in its fifth year, will take place before the Mattioli Woods Rothley 10k running event which takes place in the Leicestershire village on Tuesday 12 June.
The inclusive and family-friendly fun run gives families and children aged seven and... Read More »
Alice's Marathon Effort in Honour of Joe
Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2018
Alice Humphries, a former pupil at Hind Leys Community College, is currently studying at Brighton University, and is training for the Brighton Marathon on 15th April.
Alice, 20, from Shepshed, will be raising money for the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust... Read More »
Leicester Primary School Trains Year 6's in Vital Life-Saving Skills
Posted: Wed, 21 Feb 2018
Woodstock Primary Academy, in Stocking Farm, has also been highlighting ways in which younger children can raise the alarm to help in the event of a cardiac emergency.
Trainer and retired cardiac nurse Alan Harrison-White recently trained 58 Woodstock... Read More »
Imps Become Heart Safe with Help from Joe's Trust
Posted: Tue, 06 Feb 2018
Rothley Imps Juniors FC, based at Fowke Street Recreational Park in the village, has been working closely on the project with the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT).
More than 170 children play football for the Rothley Imps Juniors, from under-6s to under-16s.... Read More »
LRCL to Become Pioneers through Heartsafe League
Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2018
LRCL Premier League is the first in the country to make it a league requirement for all premier clubs to sign up to the Leicestershire & Rutland Heart Awareness in Cricket (HAC) scheme.
It will ensure that all clubs have an onsite defibrillator at... Read More »
Rothley Primary School Children Learn CPR Skills with the Help of JHMT
Posted: Mon, 22 Jan 2018
Year 6 children (aged 10-11) at Rothley C of E Primary Academy welcomed Alan Harrison-White, from heart charity the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT), who came in to teach them more about how to react in an emergency situation.
The school has recently... Read More »
