LIFE-SAVING bleed sets have actually been contributed to another 4 locations in Leigh thanks to the determined work of a marketing grandma.
Julie Taylor lost her grand son, Liam Taylor, who was simply 19, after he was stabbed to death outside a pub in Writtle in January 2020.
Three males were later on imprisoned for his murder, with the judge explaining the killing as “callous and brutal”.
Following his terrible death, The Liam Taylor Legacy was established in his memory by his grandma. The charity raises money to money bleed control sets to be utilized to save lives throughout the county and beyond.
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On Friday, Julie signed up with Anna Firth, MP for Southend West, to provide a more 4 bleed sets in Leigh. These were moneyed by a contribution by the Leigh Lions ,and provided to The Crooked Billet, Sarah Moore, Thames Breeze, and The Boat Yard.
Julie said: “I want them absolutely everywhere.
“The bags and units shouldn’t be in places that are more than three minutes apart – because that’s how long it can take to bleed to death.
“People’s generosity in helping to fund these kits is incredible. I hope the kits could save another family going through what we have – and still are going through.
“We don’t ever want these bleed kits to be needed, but if they save a life it will mean the world to me.”
The sets, which cost £104 each, consist of gloves, scissors, a foil blanket, a mouthguard for offering CPR, an injury dressing, a chest seal, a pack plaster, and a tourniquet.
Julie included: “We choose these locations as they are busy venues on busy roads where potential incidents and accidents could happen. They aren’t always just for stab victims but also for any catastrophic bleeds.
“It is just an honour to be able to raise funds for these kits as I am so aware of how needed they are.
“It makes me proud every time we can donate a bleed kit in Liam’s loving memory.”
In May, among these bleed sets contributed by Julie was in fact utilized by staff at Moo Moo Clubrooms on Warrior Square, in Southend, after 2 males were stabbed.
Both males were required to healthcare facility with stab injuries, however cops verified they are both recuperating well.
Anna Firth, MP for Southend West, signed up with Julie to support her campaign to get bleed-control bags into properties throughout south Essex.
Ms Firth has actually campaigned for higher awareness, criminalisation, and policing around knives.
She said: “No one should have to go through what Julie and her family have experienced, but she has been an incredible beacon for good in her work on supplying bleed bag kits around Essex and the UK.
“Julie is an example of selfless community action. Her tireless campaigning and fundraising has supplied more than 200 bleed control bags.
“I want to see these bags in every licensed premises and every police car across the country.”
