MEON Valley Heartstart has welcomed a new chairman to kickstart its work again after the coronavirus lockdown.

The voluntary group founded in 2001 covers the Meon Valley and further afield and helps save lives by providing free life-saving training to community groups, the general public, schools, businesses and other organisations.

New chairman Gary Ford said: “I am looking forward to working with the team as we move forward developing our future strategy, including ways to offer online training, so I am hopeful we will have some exciting announcements to make soon.”

For details visit the website at www.heartstartmeonvalley.co.uk