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Twickenham Stadium at the Follow us
Heart of its Community on Twitter

After providing local residents and businesses The RFU’s
with free resuscitation training at Twickenham Community
Stadium, the RFU installed a defibrillator on Relations team is
the wall of the stadium’s South Stand, now now on Twitter.
permanently available for community use. We tweet about
local initiatives
Three resuscitation training sessions were that the RFU is
delivered in partnership with Community supporting, events
Heartbeat Trust. Twickenham resident and for local residents
international referee Wayne Barnes took part in and on match days
the first session, together with Twickenham MP we provide live
Dr Tania Mathias. updates on road
closures, mitigation
An Ambassador for the RugbySafe programme measures and
Wayne said: “When I was diagnosed with atrial transport. Follow us
fibrillation, I discovered I also had a significantly @RFUHomeTurf
higher chance of having a cardiac problem.

“With there being low general awareness of
the condition, the challenge is two-fold: raising
awareness of what it is, and the key signs to look
out for and secondly, educating more people
about CPR so that we all become able to help
someone in the event it’s needed.

“Knowing that members of my home town of
Twickenham are trained in CPR is a reassurance –
not just for now but for the next generation. I now
have a young family and can see how, if we all try
to spread the word, we can make a real impact on
their futures by taking a few simple steps.”

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