Alston Moor Community First Responders

05/09/2026

Jim and Colin are in charge of the defib! What could possibly go wrong?? Come on down to Alston Show, gates open from 12pm and guess ‘What’s wrong with Bob?’

26/06/2026

The CFR team will be at the Alston Gala tomorrow so come and say hi and learn some basic life support which could save a life in the future.

30/05/2026

https://firstaidtrainingcooperative.co.uk/cold-water-shock-and-drowning/?fbclid=IwdGRjcASHzwdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe0zrF-kf8apktu8El7y7IXu8ENigrGwpYU0ZJGHF4SdQIsE37R0HCzuE9mnc_aem_F_bBBQSgX7MAQOGKS775wA

Important information on cold water shock, drowning and 'secondary drowning' to help you help someone and understand the impact on their body.

25/05/2026

All set up at Alston Fairhill. Come along to see what we do and to learn CPR and how to use a defib

15/03/2026

23/11/2025

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21/11/2025

I’m not sure Alina needs an introduction….. always there, always committed, calm and modest. Recently nominated at the Alston volunteer celebration Alina’s an amazing asset to the team and has everyone’s back.

She signed up as a CFR 5 years ago to help people in possibly their worst moments, and to help keep emergency medical care on Alston Moor and she’s certainly done that!

Thankyou Alina, you’re a superstar! 🙏⭐️

19/11/2025

Meet Fiona who has been a voluntary CFR for 2.5 years in order to give back to the community she loves and has made her home. She first discovered Garrigill as a keen cyclist on the C2C and never looked south again!!

As an IT transition manager specialising in radio and network communications, she works on the dispatch system for UK wide ambulance service and understands the pressure the ambulance service is under. She therefore hopes to make a difference in more ways than one.

She’s also a bit of a crazy cat woman but we’ll forgive her. Thanks Fiona 🙏

18/11/2025

Meet Sarka-Jo, also a newly qualified voluntary CFR recruit.

With a tendency to overheat (IYKYK), she prefers being outdoors or immersed in cold water and is lifeguard and outdoor first aid trained. She became a CFR to be able to use all those skills and more, to be of service to the community she loves being a part of.

That doesn’t mean get poorly though - it’s just in case 🤦‍♀️

16/11/2025

Out with the young and in with the old - er!! 😜

Meet one of our new, recently qualified, voluntary CFR recruits, Colin McNulty.

As an Independent Financial Advisor, Colin loves helping people retire early, to the life they deserve. As a CFR, he hopes to help ensure people get to that retirement, and live longer in it!

Welcome Colin and Thankyou 🙏