“The support from the Rotary is very much appreciated and the funds raised will help make a difference to children and their families facing very challenging circumstances. A big thank you to everyone involved.”
The Community Heartbeat Trust was established to fund more community defibrillators and CPR training in Redditch. There are 3,400 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year in the West Midlands, from which only 1 in 8 people survive.
Keith McDavid, who co-organised the event on behalf of the Rotary Club of Knowle & Dorridge, said: “Like all charities we are finding it difficult to fund the causes we want to support in these problematic times and, hopefully, the Christmas Day Balloon Race provided a lot of fun for all those who took part. I also hope the race helped to create a small diversion for all participants from what is going on all around us at present.”