A junior football club has raised the last £100 to help a bowling alley in Preston buy a defibrillator.

Red Rose Bowl, based on Greenbank Street, started a fundraiser in May to raise half the money to be able to buy and install a defibrillator outside their bowling alley.

Dan and Becci Cassidy, football coaches at Longsands JFC set up a scratch card fundraiser to raise the remaining amount. 

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Parents of the U13s Yellow at Longsands were able to put together funds to give the initiative one final push by buying the scratch cards.

Joanne Gillies, the manager, said: “We are so proud to have beaten our target thank you to everyone who has donated.”

Red Rose Bowl are sponsors of the club for the coming season.

Over £900 was raised altogether through donation tubs and sponsored bowling sessions. The bowling alley will now be able to buy a defibrillator, a piece of life-saving equipment which helps those who suffer a cardiac arrest.

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