MEMBERS of Haydon Wick Workingman's Club have installed a new defibrillator at the club – and taken the plunge and taken first-aid classes.

But they have also taken the time to get checked out for prostate cancer after one trustee discovered he was living with the condition.

The high-tech piece of equipment can be used by those who have been trained when someone suffers a cardiac arrest.

Trustee David Dunbar revealed that 12 members of the committee and bar staff had also been trained by paramedics Gary Parkes and his wife Jayne Darling-Parkes in how to perform CPR. “This is an important additional skill when emergency treatment is required while awaiting arrival of the emergency services,” he said.

“The paramedics also set up the defibrillator ready for use with a wish that it will not be required to be used.

“The trainer's providing this free of charge training, praised HWWMC for their vision of providing the potential lifesaving equipment, and wished that there were many more available in workplaces or places of social activity, thus potentially saving life.”

The club also recently donated £1000 towards the ' Walk in PSA Bloodtest' recently held at the Masonic Centre where several members took the opportunity to get checked out for prostate cancer.

Mr Dunbar is suffering from metastatic cancer where hidden prostate cancer had escaped to spinal and pelvic areas prior to discovery, and the donation was made in effort to assist others to obtain earlier diagnosis.