College receives life saving equipment

A special piece of life saving equipment has been presented to a Warrington college in memory of a former student who died aged just 18.
A defibrillator was presented to Warrington Collegiate in memory of Colin Hankin (pictured right) to mark what would have been his 30th birthday.
Since the sad death of her son in October 2000, Angela Morris has been donating cardiac equipment to save lives in his memory.
Medical centres have benefited from her donation of heart monitors, and Angela has donated defibrillators to schools and communities to be used to restart the heart if a person suffers a cardiac arrest.
Colin’s former workplace Claremont Group Interiors wanted to mark what would have been his 30th birthday. They held a charity evening at the collegiate’s Buckley Restaurant to raise funds.
Angela, (pictured left) who is North West co-ordinator for the charity SADS UK, wanted to use the funds towards buying the equipment for the collegiate as Colin was a former student.
Spirit Medium David Traynor also held a charity night to support her appeal for the collegiate. It was also supported by DHL Trade Team who match-funded £270 after colleague Amanda Wright raised this sum from a sponsored run in Liverpool.
Angela said: “I am grateful to Ann Malone and staff at Claremont Group Interiors for their continuing support. It is a very special company that still commemorates a work colleague after all this time.
Colin enjoyed working with the company and I am delighted that funds raised should go towards a defibrillator at Warrington Collegiate.”
SADS UK works with schools and the community to put life saving equipment in place.