{"id":1878,"date":"2026-04-09T08:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:41:59","slug":"vital-energi-supports-rural-mobile-library-s-life-saving-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"Vital Energi Supports Rural Mobile Library\u2019s Life-Saving Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no\"><meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\"><meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Vital Energi Supports Rural Mobile Library\u2019s Life-Saving Mission<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Vital Energi Supports Rural Mobile Library\u2019s Life-Saving Mission\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\"><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/vital-energi-supports-rural-mobile-library-s-life-saving-mission\/\"><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vital Energi Supports Rural Mobile Library\u2019s Life-Saving Mission\"><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<div id=\"KnM9nf\" class=\"PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"tw-sourceArea\" data-entityname=\"Google Translate\">\n<div id=\"tw-smenu\" class=\"tw-menu\">\n<p>Our work brings us into contact with some amazing organisations who are supporting their communities and we recently got the opportunity to support an innovative partnership between NHS Borders and Live Borders, which aims to save lives by fitting defibrillators into their mobile community vans which travel to some of the most remote areas of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside our partners OCAD, James Ramsay, and Excalibur Energy, we have fully funded two potentially lifesaving defibrillators, ensuring critical emergency response capability for some of the most rural and remote areas in the Scottish Borders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image rte\" data-anchor=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-image__wrap\">\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__img-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rich-text-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/vk5ccf1y\/use-3.jpg?anchor=center&amp;mode=crop&amp;width=835&amp;height=474&amp;rnd=134054401803330000\" alt=\"Use 3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__text-container\">\n<p><strong>We worked with our partners,OCAD, James Ramsay, and Excalibur Energy, to fully fund two potentially defibrillators, supporting the innovative partnership between NHS Borders and Live Borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/javascript:\" class=\"js-read-more-rte read-more-btn\">Solution detail<span class=\"btn__link font-ico-plus\"><\/span><span class=\"btn__link font-ico-minus\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"wrap quote__wrap\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container js-simple-quotes\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"quote__holder\"><span class=\"quote__icon\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"28\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 28\"><g fill=\"#F58220\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M12.319 0h3.648a2 2 0 0 1 1.838 2.788l-10.286 24A2 2 0 0 1 5.681 28H2.033a2 2 0 0 1-1.838-2.788l10.286-24A2 2 0 0 1 12.319 0zM30.319 0h3.648a2 2 0 0 1 1.838 2.788l-10.286 24A2 2 0 0 1 23.681 28h-3.648a2 2 0 0 1-1.838-2.788l10.286-24A2 2 0 0 1 30.319 0z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"quote__holder\">\n<p class=\"quote__text\">This is a fantastic example of community spirit and corporate responsibility coming together to make a real difference. We\u2019re incredibly grateful to everyone who donated and to Vital Energi for stepping in to help Live Borders complete this important project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quote__author\">Councillor Carol Hamilton, <span class=\"quote__position\"> Executive Member for Housing and Culture <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Defibrillators save lives. Every year in the UK, over 30,000 people suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, yet quick CPR and defibrillation can more than double the chance of survival. As highlighted by the British Heart Foundation, community access to these devices remains unequal, but deploying them in public spaces, like mobile library vans, means help can reach those who need it most.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the purchase of defibrillators, local donations of over \u00a3300 will fund essential staff training and maintenance to keep these defibrillators ready for emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Martin, Social Value &amp; Customer Care Manager, Vital Energi explains, \u201cWe\u2019re extremely proud to support this initiative, which aligns with our commitment to improving community wellbeing. \u00a0Providing defibrillators for mobile library vans supports NHS community anchor strategy and ensures lifesaving equipment is available where it\u2019s needed most, and we\u2019re pleased to play a part in making that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been working with NHS Borders to revolutionise the energy infrastructure at Borders General Hospital and delivered a range of improvements such as improvements to the lighting, HVAC, valves, building management systems, and insulation of pipework across the hospital and satellite sites.\u00a0 Additionally, we installed a 680 kWp solar array, helping generate clean, renewable energy and making the health board more self-sufficient in the long term<\/p>\n<p>Catriona McAllister, Chief Executive of Live Borders said, \u201cThe installation of defibrillators in our mobile library vans is a powerful step forward in making lifesaving equipment accessible to the communities we serve. These vans travel to some of the most rural and remote parts of the Borders, and having emergency response capability on board could truly mean the difference between life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image rte\" data-anchor=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-image__wrap\">\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__img-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rich-text-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/jp0dx5s4\/use-1.jpg?anchor=center&amp;mode=crop&amp;width=835&amp;height=474&amp;rnd=134054399772830000\" alt=\"Use 1\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/javascript:\" class=\"js-read-more-rte read-more-btn\">Solution detail<span class=\"btn__link font-ico-plus\"><\/span><span class=\"btn__link font-ico-minus\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Vital Energi Supports Rural Mobile Library\u2019s Life-Saving Mission Our work brings us into contact with some amazing organisations who are supporting their communities and we recently got the opportunity to support an innovative partnership between NHS Borders and Live Borders, which aims to save lives by fitting defibrillators into their mobile community vans which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ve_media_section":[3],"ve_media_year":[],"ve_sector":[],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","ve_media_section-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"ve_media_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fve_media_section&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"ve_media_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fve_media_year&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"ve_sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fve_sector&post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}