Charity Fundraising

1st April 2024

BTTJ’s charity of the year for this year is local charity OurJay Foundation.

Our chosen charity of the year runs from April – March.

You can donate to our JustGiving page by clicking here or by scanning the QR code.

After losing their 18-year-old son/brother/friend Jamie to a heart attack on new years day in 2022, Jamie’s family and friends decided to start fundraising to install a 24/7 accessible defibrillator in a local school, after receiving an overwhelming response, they set up OurJay Foundation……

OurJay Foundation aims to raise awareness of the importance of having 24/7 publicly accessible automated external defibrillators. They also aim to raise funds to purchase and install accessible defibrillators across Rugby, Warwickshire and further afield. Accessible defibrillators are needed, everywhere. Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, any time at any age. With a defibrillator available within 8 minutes, it can increase the chance of a person’s survival by up to 70%

They are working closely with local government organisations, community groups and business organisations to get these vital accessible defibrillators into as many publicly accessible sites as possible.

They will continue to campaign for and provide CPR/AED Training to incorporate automated external defibrillators as a mandatory element of the training. Additionally, they will campaign to have CPR/AED training in the curriculum of all educational establishments across the UK.

We will be undertaking different fundraising events throughout the year to raise money.

So far we have had staff collection for a Euro’s sweepsteak & England themed dress down day. We have also participated in an 8k sponsored walk. (See updates below for photos!)

Still to come, we have staff running the Coventry 10k park run later in the year, we will also be having a staff collection for ‘Christmas jumper day’.