Warsop residents have bought a new defibrillator for Wellington Close Community Centre.

Kay Chant and Sallie Lamb collected £1,688 through fundraising activities since February, supported by family, friends and the community.

Birklands Primary School held a non-uniform day and made £222.

Defibrillators cost £780 so money left over will go towards a second unit, which will be installed at the school.

Sallie said: “We saw that Meden Vale held fundraising events to get their own equipment and found that Warsop had only one defibrillator, in the fire station.

“We thought we would see how far we could go, so that we could put another lifesaving piece of equipment into our community.

“My six-year-old son, Caeleb, even got involved and helped to raise £200.”

Wellington Close is a Mansfield District Council-owned building and residents use the centre for events such as bingo, social evenings and parties.

Self-funded Mansfield Community First Responder Group, which provided the defibrillator, visited the community centre to give a demonstration on how to use it (pictured above).

Coun Andy Wetton, of Meden ward, who helped the fundraisers to facilitate the installation of the defibrillator in the community centre, said: “The training provided by Mansfield Community First Responder Group was most valuable and I’m sure lives will be saved because of it.”