Icklesham Parish Council was successful in obtaining three life saving defibrillators from the British Heart Foundation. Using grants from the council, they were installed at Winchelsea Beach Community Hall, the Winchelsea New Hall and the Icklesham Memorial Hall. No sooner had the one at Winchelsea Beach been installed, it was used successfully to save the life of a visitor at Winchelsea Sands Holiday Park who had suffered a cardiac arrest. Following the incident, Park Holidays, the owners of Winchelsea Sands Caravan Park, made a donation of £500 towards the purchase of another defibrillator.
The members of Icklesham Parish Council would like to thank Winchelsea Sands Holiday Park for the kind donation.