Kids are collecting 400 mobile phones in a bid to get a defibrillator for their school.
The children at Alderley Edge Community Primary School need to collect 400 used phones in four weeks to be recycled in exchange for a defibrillator – the machine used to restart someone heart after cardiac arrest – as part of a scheme by Defib Direct.
Chris Perry, headteacher, said: “We’ve been considering purchasing a defibrillator as we are very aware children as well as adults die each week due to sudden cardiac arrest. However, the cost of defibrillators has been very prohibitive.
"Just last month the Department for Education announced a plan to allow schools to purchase them at a lower cost, but this scheme has not yet been launched.
"The Defib Direct project seemed like a chance not to miss, especially as we are an eco-school and already recycle items from old batteries to ink cartridges.”
The phone screens must be in tact and the phones must have batteries, but chargers are not required.
Mr Perry said: “Please look in cupboards, behind the sofa or anywhere old phones are often found and send them to us.”
Harper and Quinn hairdressers on Alderley Road, Wilmslow, is also collecting phones.
