12/05/2025
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Bendigo Primary Care Centre Defib For Life communityPete Bendigo Bank
Bendigo Primary School’s Violet Street campus is now better equipped to respond to a medical emergency, thanks to the donation of a defibrillator from two local health champions.
The device was delivered through a community partnership between Bendigo Primary Care Centre and Defib For Life, a national not-for-profit that has spent 15 years campaigning to make defibrillators more accessible.
The donation came about after the Primary Care Centre upgraded its own unit and approached Defib For Life to ask if any local schools were in need. Violet Street was top of the list.
Principal Carolyn Tavener said the school was very grateful to Bendigo Primary Care Centre and Defib For Life for this generous donation.
“Having a defibrillator on-site adds another layer of care for our students, staff, families and visitors and shows the strength of our local partnerships.”
“This is what I love about Defib For Life,” said Callum Wright, General Manager of Bendigo Primary Care Centre.
“Many people would think supplying the defib is enough, but this shows what happens when people go above and beyond to make our schools and communities safer.”
The donation is especially poignant for Defib For Life’s founder, Andrew White. Just days before the Violet Street delivery, a life was saved using a defibrillator at Rupertswood Football Netball Club – the very same club, and on the very same day, that a fatal incident occurred 15 years ago and sparked the organisation’s founding.
“We don’t just drop off a device and walk away,” Andrew said.
“We stay involved because we know every second counts, and we want people to feel confident using these life-saving machines when the unthinkable happens.”
Caption: BPCC trainee Ryan handing over the defib unit to Principal Carolyn Tavener.
