HEARTSTART can offer life-saving skills to more people than ever thanks to a band of new recruits.

Knutsford Community Heartstart trained more than three times as many Knutsfordians in 2014 than 2013, with almost 300 people attending the free course.

In response to growing demand, Knutsford Community Responder Trust embarked on a recruitment drive to encourage new volunteers to join its team.

Four new volunteers, Dr Tom Donald, Julie Corcoran, Dan Young and Steve Nixon, have just completed their training and have joined the Knutsford Heartstart Team as training facilitators.

In presenting them with their team colours and badges, the trust’s chairman, Adrian Rees, thanked them for their hard work and commitment to become another valued member of the Knutsford team.

He added: “Having such fantastic new members of our team is a real privilege; not only do we enjoy their company, they are enabling us to continue our goal to train as many residents of Knutsford and its outlying communities as possible. To date, we have trained over 2,000 residents.

“We are also looking for new recruits to become First Responders with us and will shortly be embarking on a recruitment drive in Knutsford.”

To book a place on a Heartstart Course or to register an interest in becoming a volunteer, visit heartstartknutsford.co.uk or call Adrian on 01565 631324.