Emma's charity skydive funds life-saving equipment

A volunteer from Carrickfergus Senior Gateway Club has helped purchase life-saving equipment with a charity skydive.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Jul 2016, 12:53 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 18:21 BST
Adam Hamilton (YMCA project worker); Ivor Mitchell (YMCA general secretary); Emma McGuinness (Gateway volunteer); Thomas Haighton (Gateway leader), and Karen Graham (youth manager) present the AED to Carrickfergus YMCA. Emma completed a charity skydive earlier this year, raising over £850 to purchase the equipment. INCT 31-720-CONAdam Hamilton (YMCA project worker); Ivor Mitchell (YMCA general secretary); Emma McGuinness (Gateway volunteer); Thomas Haighton (Gateway leader), and Karen Graham (youth manager) present the AED to Carrickfergus YMCA. Emma completed a charity skydive earlier this year, raising over £850 to purchase the equipment. INCT 31-720-CON
Adam Hamilton (YMCA project worker); Ivor Mitchell (YMCA general secretary); Emma McGuinness (Gateway volunteer); Thomas Haighton (Gateway leader), and Karen Graham (youth manager) present the AED to Carrickfergus YMCA. Emma completed a charity skydive earlier this year, raising over £850 to purchase the equipment. INCT 31-720-CON

Emma McGuinness, 18, took part in the fundraising feat earlier this year, raising £850.

The funds were used to buy an AED (automated external defibrillator), which will be based outside the Carrickfergus YMCA building.