The Annual General Meeting of ANZAB, held on 6 June 2015 in Adelaide, approved the following resolution:
In the 2015-2016 financial year ANZAB offer funds to all towers for ringers to train in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid, with a maximum of two ANZAB members per tower; as well as offering each tower the donation of a poster providing details of CPR.
Proponents of the resolution noted that following the recent medical emergency in St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney and the life-saving CPR given by members of the band, it was considered appropriate to offer ringers in Australia and New Zealand the opportunity at a minimum to have members trained in CPR.
Provision of funds was justified under sections 2(c) and/or (h) of the ANZAB Constitution:
(c) to foster and provide education and training in the art of change ringing and all activities associated therewith or incidental thereto;
(h) to do and perform such things as may be conducive or incidental to the foregoing [sections].
Following a furtherance motion at the 2016 AGM, and a subsequent discusssion by the ANZAB Executive, subject to Funds Committe approval, the scheme will be ongoing.
Indicative Costs were estimated as follows:
Red Cross CPR | 4 hours face-to-face OR online + 1 day assessment1 |
AUD $70 NZD $65 |
St John's Ambulance CPR | 4 hours face to face | $80 |
Red Cross First Aid & CPR (basic emergency life support, including CPR) |
1 day face-to-face OR online + 1 day assessment1 |
$110 |
1Assessment is not compulsory |
The 2015 Annual General Meeting approved a limit on total applications of A$8,500 for 2015/16.
A bellringer who had a heart attack is lowered through a trapdoor in the St Mary's Cathedral bell tower.
Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April 2015
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