“It’s About Educating And Training People, Campaigning For Change” Charlie Edinburgh On Future Of Justin Edinburgh 3 Foundation

Justin Edinburgh passed away in June 2019 after suffering a cardiac arrest in a gym with no defibrillator on site.

Since his passing his son Charlie Edinburgh set up the Justin Edinburgh 3 Foundation in his name.

“I remember those five days in the hospital before he passed away, I just had this brain wave that I needed to do something, he still had so much to give but also what he had given, he was too good of a guy to have been forgotten about.”

“After speaking to my mum and sister we just decided to go with it.

“We set the charity up with no sort of real idea or inkling of what we were doing and we especially had no idea of how big it could get”

“We set the charity up almost six years ago, we now have a fantastic group of 12 trustees”

As an organisation JE3 have funded and distributed over 150 defibrillators which are around £1000 a piece!

According to the British Heart Foundation there are more than 30,000 out -of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year, with a survival rate of less than 1 in 10.

The Justin Edinburgh 3 foundation aim to provide defibrillators to places that can’t afford them.

“We raise funds, to put them in sports clubs, community centres and local high streets”.

“We also deliver CPR and defibrillator workshops up and down the country to give people the confidence to perform effective CPR, but also not to be fearful of getting the defibrillator off the wall”.

According to the British Heart Foundation public access defibrillators are only used in about 10% of cardiac arrests where they are available, this is due to only 15% of people feel confident using a defibrillator.

“The final thing we’re striving to do is proving frustrating, but we’re campaigning to change the law, we want to make it mandatory for all UK health and sport facilities to have a defibrillator”.

“We think the doors of these places shouldn’t be aloud to open for business without that piece of equipment there”

“We’ve saved three people’s lives so far, including a 4-year-old girl, it’s a second chance of life, it’s something we couldn’t have with my dad”.