The UK’s leading gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, has donated 100 audible carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to Carr-Gomm Scotland, a non-profit charity providing supported living to people with disabilities and mental health issues.
The alarms have been placed throughout 100 Scottish homes for some of the people who Carr-Gomm Scotland help support. These alarms will allow these vulnerable people to live in their own homes whilst keeping safe and avoiding any possibility of suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Rhona McNeill, Service Manager for the Midlothian area of the Carr-Gomm Scotland, says:
“We are really pleased to have received the 100 audible carbon monoxide alarms from The CORGI Trust and appreciate the gesture, particularly in such tough economic times. Here at Carr-Gomm Scotland we consider Health and Safety matters for our staff and the people we support as a real priority. Because of this we have welcomed the opportunity to help distribute the alarms to these very people.”
Nigel Dumbrell, Trust Manager of The CORGI Trust comments:
“Carbon monoxide is an odourless, invisible, and highly toxic gas, in which there’s no other way to detect its presence other than through an audible carbon monoxide alarm.”
“The protection of vulnerable groups of individuals and their families is paramount to the work The CORGI Trust undertakes throughout the United Kingdom. We hope that providing this support to Carr-Gomm Scotland, we will ensure even more people’s safety.”
Recent research by The CORGI Trust highlights the seriousness of the matter even further with statistics showing that, from 2006 to 2008, carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for 56 deaths in the UK from a total of 265 incidents. In the 12 months to April 2008 there were 150 CO exposure incidents – the highest number since The CORGI Trust’s records began in 1986.
27 August 2009