lifesaving skill, with three of them being called into action. The 40-year-old and her partner Stuart Fairclough, 46, were inspired to train after one of their workers died on their holiday village site five years ago- despite the use of CPR.
They run Burrowhead Holiday Village in Dumfries and Galloway and in October 2016, Mel's son Steven, now 20, tried to save an employee's life when he collapsed but the man sadly died.
The family used this tragedy to spur them on, with their enthusiasm for CPR now spanning three generations, with daughter Leah, 14, carrying out training courses, and Mel's mum, Catherine, 65, also getting involved.They also fundraised for a defibrillator and training for the holiday village, which they got in 2017.Just.
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