With ‘Restart a Heart Day’ taking place in October and highlighting the importance of swift CPR action, connectivity provider TalkTalk recently supported the Manchester Academy of Gymnastics in their goal to purchase a defibrillator.
Manchester Academy of Gymnastics strives to be at the heart of the community, and having a defibrillator onsite is essential not only to support its members but the wider community too.
TalkTalk is passionate about helping people thrive and giving back to the local community as it makes ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre plans, known as Future Fibre, available to hundreds of thousands of homes across Greater Manchester.
As such, the Salford based connectivity provider has created a safe space for all of the children that attend the Manchester Academy of Gymnastics, their families and the wider Salford community, by providing them with the funds to make the necessary purchase.
The donation to the Manchester Academy of Gymnastics follows TalkTalk’s long-standing sponsorship of Salford City Football Club. Based in Salford, the gymnastics academy is just one of the six sports clubs across Greater Manchester benefiting from a TalkTalk donation, with each choosing a different use for their money.
Maxine Quinlivan-Grech one of the founders of the Manchester Academy of Gymnastics said: “We’re thrilled to have received this donation from TalkTalk. We have seen interest in gymnastics rise over the last few months and we only expect this to continue thanks to the Olympics. The money donated by TalkTalk will be put towards a defibrillator that could one day save a gymnast’s life or a member of our community.
“We want our young gymnasts to feel supported and safe while performing a high intensity sport and pushing themselves to the limits. Should they or anyone in the community need our help, we’re thankful to TalkTalk for helping us invest in the necessary equipment.”
Becki Smith, General Manager, Ultrafast at TalkTalk, added: “It’s fantastic to be able to help the Manchester Academy of Gymnastics continue bringing the local community together by providing funding for a defibrillator.”
“This isn’t the first time we’ve worked with sports clubs – here in Greater Manchester, we have a long-standing relationship with Salford City Football Club having sponsored them for three years. Not only is the work we’re doing with local sports clubs across the city a welcomed extension of this partnership but it’s also a celebration of TalkTalk’s new Future Fibre plans coming to the city.”
TalkTalk’s new Future Fibre packages – known as Future Fibre 150 and Future Fibre 500 – use the UK’s latest fibre technology to bring residents in Greater Manchester 100% full fibre directly into the home. Future Fibre is up to 45x faster and 5x more reliable than standard broadband, which means it can effortlessly handle all your devices streaming, gaming and video-calling at once.
