A CEREDIGION village is the latest community to receive a lifesaving defibrillator thanks to match-funding raised by the community and British Heart Foundation.

Cross Inn, near Llanon, now has a defibrillator placed outside Glanarthen Stores, allowing continuous access in the event of an emergency.

The BHF Nation of Lifesavers package allows people be to taught vital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and provides public access defibrillators where they are needed most.

Philippa Pickworth, chair of the Cross Inn Fundraising Group, said: “We are delighted that there is now a defibrillator located at the shop.

“I would like to thank the group’s committee, Dyffryn Arth Community Council and, most of all, the local community for all their generosity, help and support in raising vital funds for this piece of life saving equipment.

“Everyone in the community has been invited to training by the Welsh Ambulance Service on emergency life skills which will involve CPR and defibrillator training. This will take place on 26 October, from 6.30pm at Yr Hen Ysgol, Cross Inn."

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