AN INVESTMENT FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE TO INSTALL AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AED) and external storage cabinets AT THOUSANDS OF GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL FACILITIES, AIMED AT HELPING SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEONE EXPERIENCING A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.
The Premier League Defibrillator Fund will support the installation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and External Storage Cabinets at thousands of grassroots football facilities currently without an easily accessible device on site.
Rolled out across two phases, the Fund will see more than 2000 sites benefit from this investment with the first 1,000 units delivered in time for the start of the 2021/22 season and the second wave expected in September. Once installed, the AEDs will be accessible, if required, to an estimated 1.5m people that use these facilities per season.
Going forward, the Premier League is working with partners at The FA and Sport England to ensure that facilities funded by the Football Foundation incorporate this equipment in the future.
The first phase of the Premier League Defibrillator Fund rollout will see AEDs provided to Football Foundation-funded facilities that are currently without an easily accessible AED on site.
Eligible sites have been contacted directly via email by the Football Foundation.
Each grant recipient will be required to:
Phase two of the rollout launched on Wednesday 4 August and see the fund opened up to:
The Football Foundation-funded facilities contacted as part of the phase 1 rollout will still be able to apply if they haven't already.
*An easily accessible AED is defined as an AED which can be reached and returned from within 200m of the pitch to assist a person suffering a sudden cardiac arrest
By answering 'yes' to your club owning or operating your own facilities you're confirming that you either have security of tenure for the site in question via Freehold, Leasehold or a License to Occupy or have a long-term agreement to operate/manage the facilities on behalf of another entity.
Once you've received your email and made your order there are a few things you can do to ensure you're ready to go as soon as it's delivered. Discover how to register the device, familiarise yourself with the set-up and learn more about how to use it using the links below.
