Pools on the Park and Teddington Pools and Fitness Centre supports national Restart a Heart Campaign for learning basic CPR 

This Friday 16th October, Pools on the Park and Teddington Pools and Fitness Centre supports Restart a Heart – a nationwide initiative to improve survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Each year, approximately 30,000 people suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – that’s around 84 individuals every day. But survival rates are low, with just one in ten people recovering*.

The Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) and an alliance of first aid organisations, including the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), UK Ambulance Services, universities, and other charitable and public sector community-based organisations and first aid training organisations, lead the campaign.

GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited) will support the campaign by hosting activities at our venue and on our social media channels that teach basic life saving techniques of CPR and defibrillator use. We’re utilising resources designed and distributed by RLSS UK to ensure people have the skills and confidence to perform CPR. 

What is on offer across Richmond?

Residents in and around Richmond can sign-up for one of the following sessions, to learn how to affectively administer CPR and an AED. These sessions will be run by staff members within the centres.

Pools on the Park

· 10am-10.30am and 11am-11.30am - CPR and AED training- In the Café

· 12.30- 1pm and 1pm- 1.30pm - CPR and AED training- In the Café

· 3.30pm-3pm and 4pm-4.30pm - Child/Infant CPR and AED training- In the Café

Teddington Pools and Fitness Centre

· 9.30am-10am and 10am-10.30am- Junior/ Infant CPR and AED training – School Changing room

· 4pm-4.30pm and 4.30pm-5pm- Adult CPR and AED training- Group Cycle Studio

"We’re thrilled to be part of Restart a Heart," said Jonathan Davey, Partnership Manager in Richmond. "This is a really important campaign and a chance to equip our community with the confidence and skills to save lives. We would like all our customers and visitors to learn CPR."

Nick Grazier, Deputy Director of Commercial Services at RLSS UK, said: “The response last year was outstanding, with hundreds of free learning sessions offered, and we’re excited to see what leisure centres will deliver in 2026. Leisure centres are ideally placed to teach these techniques to give people the skills and confidence to save lives.”

“We hope that by supporting the leisure industry in spreading the important messages integral to the Restart a Heart campaign, more people will be confident in dealing with an emergency safely.”

For more about the Restart a Heart campaign, visit www.rlss.org.uk/ or to book a slot on one of the sessions available in Richmond, please visit your local centre, alternatively you can e-mail teddingtonpoolsandfitness@gll.org or poolsonthepark@gll.org.