Roof-Link has seven defibrillators and has distributed six of them in the local area.
One is in our office in Eastbrook Road, another is in Upshire Church/Village Hall, which is shared by St Thomas’s Church and three are in local schools, one of which is Upshire Primary Foundation school and in November 2021 we purchased a defibrillator for King Harold Academy, Waltham Abbey.
Below are some articles showing us donating defibrillators to local schools.
King Harold Academy, Waltham Abbey
“We were incredibly honoured to receive a donated defibrillator this week from Michael Hockley, Director of Roof-Link. We would like to thank him for his contribution to the safety and wellbeing of our community. Many of our staff are First Aid trained and will be receiving further training in the use of the device. We know that the presence of such a device could potentially be life-saving and thank Mr Hockley for his generosity and care for our local community.”
Mr Andrew Jones – Head of School (below with Michael Hockley)
Defibrillator donated to Hillhouse C of E Primary School
Hillhouse C of E Primary School recently took delivery of a defibrillator, which was generously donated to the school by Roof-Link, a local business based in Eastbrook Road in Waltham Abbey.
Headteacher Joanne Willcox said: ‘ Michael Hockley of Roof-Link contacted the school and offered to donate a defibrillator to the school. We very gratefully took up this offer. Most of our staff are first aid trained and have received training in the use of a defibrillator and are aware of its importance as a potential life saving device. We have also registered the defibrillator with Heartsafe, whereby it also becomes available to the local community during the school’s opening hours. We would like to thank Roof-link for supporting Hillhouse and the community in this way’
Waltham Holy Cross Primary
Local businessman Michael Hockley of Roof-Link recently contacted our Bursar Dani
Wehrli with the offer of donating a Defibrillator to our school Waltham Holy Cross Primary based in Quendon Drive, Waltham Abbey Essex.
Head teacher Erica Barnett was delighted, she said “We have a very large number of staff at Holy Cross and there have been previous incident’s in the past where this piece of equipment would have been exceptionally helpful. Many members of staff have already received basic Defib training and we feel that having access to a defibrillator will give great peace of mind for both us, and once registered with Heartsafe, the local residents in the future. We would like to thank Roof – Link for their support and very generous donation.”
Mr Hockley said “We are delighted to have been able to donate this potentially lifesaving device to Waltham Holy Cross Primary School. These defibrillators are extremely easy to operate and can be kept close to hand at events such as sports days and fayres when there are additional visitors at the school”.
Sunshine Day Nursery & Pre School
The Sunshine Day Nursery and Pre-School are extremely grateful to local business Roof-Link Industrial and Commercial Limited, who kindly donated a defibrillator machine to the setting. The joint Managing Director of Roof-Link, Mr Michael Hockley, contacted the Manager of the nursery, Mrs Debbie Pinnington, to ask if they had a defibrillator on site. Debbie explained that all staff had been given training on how to use a defibrillator machine but the Nursery hadn’t the funds to purchase one. Michael kindly said that Roof-Link would like to donate one.
Debbie immediately jumped at the chance and explained that, as the Nursery caters for approximately 60 children as well as staff and parents, it would give peace of mind to know that the defibrillator would be on site.
The Sunshine Day Nursery was established in 1990 and is privately owned by Mrs Julie Holmes and managed by Mrs Debbie Pinnington. It provides childcare for children aged 6 months to 4.5 years and is open for 50 weeks of the year.
Picture from left to right: Mr Martin Lloyd; joint Managing Director of Roof-Link, Mr Norman Hudson; Chairman of Roof-Link, Mrs Julie Holmes; Owner of the Sunshine Day Nursery, Mrs Debbie Pinnington; Manager of the Sunshine Day Nursery and Mr Michael Hockley; joint Managing Director of Roof-Link.
Children: Vienna, Lilly-Rose, Layla and Daniel
