Two public access defibrillators installed in Salisbury

The life-saving devices are now in place outside The Duke of York pub on York Road and Jaffa's Health Centre for Cats on St Francis Road.

Spencer Mulholland worked with the businesses to help them receive grant funding from the Department for Health and Social Care, and the installations were carried out free of charge by local electrician Chris Presley this month.

The defibrillator outside Jaffa's Health Centre for Cats (Image: Spencer Mulholland) Spencer previously helped organise CPR and defibrillator training for 74 residents after a device was crowdfunded and installed on Wellington Way.

“I’m delighted,” he told the Salisbury Journal.

“Any one of them could save a life. We’ve got another two in the pipeline.

“I’d love anyone to come forward and contact me if they feel their area needs a defibrillator, and I will be pleased to help them through the process.

“I just want to put defibrillators in and make sure Salisbury and the surrounding area has enough. They save lives.”

Electrician Chris Presley installed the devices for free (Image: Spencer Mulholland) He added: “The biggest part of this is training.

“There’s a company called Winterbury Training who have been training the community free of charge in CPR and defibrillators for the good of the community in an effort to save lives.”

The pub and the Jaffa's both received £750 from the health department's Community Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Fund.

A training session with Winterbury (Image: Spencer Mulholland) The scheme provides match funding to applicants who want to to install defibrillators in communities to be accessible 24 hours a day.

The team at Jaffa's paid the remaining £750 themselves, while The Duke of York's landlords Jonty and Amanda Newbery rallied locals to raise the money against the clock.

Jonty behind the bar at The Duke of York (Image: Joshua Truksa/Newsquest) Jonty said: “We raised the money in two days, which I’m very impressed with. It might save somebody’s life, which is great.

“A lot of people wanted it, and it works for us. We’re now going to sort out some courses so people can learn to how to use it.

“Chris installed it free of charge in two hours. Spencer put a lot of effort into sorting it out. I literally pointed to a spot on the wall and the job got done.”

Staff at Jaffa's took part in a training day on October 16 with people from the surrounding residential streets.

Both businesses were given £750 by the government in match funding (Image: Spencer Mulholland) A spokesperson said: “We're really happy to support this. We've all had our training with the neighbours.

“A big thank you goes to Spencer, Chris and Winterbury Training.”

To get in touch with Spencer, email mulhollandspencer@gmail.com