Club Cricket Charity Defib Fund

The Club Cricket Charity, in partnership with the ECB, has made it more affordable for local cricket clubs to invest in a defibrillator and help save lives. The charity has an ambition to ensure that every cricket club across England and Wales has access to a working and insured defibrillator, provided by The Community Heartbeat Trust.

More than 800 defibrillators have been provided to clubs by the charity over the past five years, with 90 (11%) of these having been used to potentially save the life of someone at a local cricket club. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the benefits for clubs - and their players, spectators and volunteers - to invest in a working and insured defibrillator, whilst also raising awareness amongst cricketers of the signs and risk of cardiac arrest and the steps players need to take if something were to happen on the field.

As part of that campaign, and in response to the cost-of-living crisis, the Club Cricket Charity has reduced the cost to clubs of their defibrillator package by £100. The current offer, open to any cricket club, includes a portable defibrillator, insurance, training, connection to the local emergency service and post-traumatic stress counselling.

The cost to a club is now £251.20 for the first year, with an annual maintenance fee of approximately £150 for the following three years.

For more information on how your club can invest in The Cricket Club Charity's defibrillator package please contact Donna Black: donna.black@club-cricket.co.uk.

For more information on the fund, please visit - Defib Fund - The Club Cricket Charity