A South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust community team will host a CPR training session at Meldon Village Hall as part of Restart A Heart month.

The session will run from 5pm to 7pm on October 17. Participants will be able to watch CPR demonstrations, practise on manikins, and learn how to locate and use a defibrillator in an emergency.

Everyone who completes a 15-minute CPR session will receive a certificate.

Hannah Butler, volunteering and community services officer at SWASFT, said: “Every minute matters when someone suffers a cardiac arrest, and knowing what to do can make the difference between life and death.

Restart a Heart is an initiative led by Resuscitation Council UK which aims to increase the number of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests by helping more people learn CPR.