WESTERN Metropolitan MP Bernie Finn has called on the State Government to fund defibrillators for the Albion Football Club.
Mr Finn has asked Sport and Recreation Minister Hugh Delahunty to provide $7000 for two defibrillators for the club.
Defib for Life, an organisation that fundraises with the goal to have a defibrillator in every Victorian sporting venue, recently signed a landmark agreement with Hume City Council to place 30 defibrillators across the municipality (Funding for sport club heart debibrillators, 6 October, Footscray Star).
It’s a strategy more sporting clubs and councils are moving towards after a number of tragic deaths at sports fields.
Mr Finn said he had received a letter from Albion’s head trainer Allan Williams, requesting the funding.
“It would be a very worthwhile purchase,” Mr Finn said.
“(It would make) not just the players and staff safer on game days and at training but also any spectators who might come along, perhaps have an ale or two during the course of the afternoon and find themselves in need of such a machine.”
He said Albion was “leading the pack” in trying to keep their players and spectators safe.
“One would hope that the minister will come up with the $7000 and will kick that one right over the goal umpire’s hat.”
