A Lanarkshire charity which supplies defibrillators to football clubs has received a welcome funding boost thanks to generous staff at a local retailer.Representatives of the Kieran McDade Foundation were presented with £1000 by the Pavers Foundation, the charitable initiative run by the footwear retailer to support good causes.Coatbridge staff member Lesley Smith successfully applied for the funding after previously supporting the local organisation’s work by handcrafting gifts to sell at fundraising events.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The Kieran McDade Foundation was set up in loving memory of the Airdrie schoolboy, who tragically died seven years ago at the age of just 13, a week after suffering a cardiac arrest while attending football training with his Dunbeth FC 2003s team.Lesley said: “Kieran was a local boy and the whole community has been devastated by his death.
You don’t expect your child to go out to football and never come home.”Club coach and charity co-founder Martin Holmes visited the Mackinnon Mills branch to collect the cheque from Pavers staff Joanne Hegan and Cath Coyle.The donation is being used to fund a community defibrillator, with the charity so far having donated more than 130 of the lifesaving machines to football clubs and organisations around Scotland in honour of
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