5 April 2023
PRESS RELEASE
DIFIBRILLATOR GIFTED TO WATERMANS BY PUMP TECHNOLOGY
LIMITED THROUGH LONDON IRISH RUGBY FOUNDATION WILL HELP
SAVE LIVES.
A state-of-the-art defibrillator has been kindly donated to Watermans by Pump Technology
Ltd thanks to their project with London Irish Foundation, the charitable arm of London Irish
Rugby club.
The defibrillator will ensure that anyone experiencing life threatening heart trauma and in
need of having their heart re-started will have a greater chance of survival.
Pump Technology Ltd, work with the London Irish Foundation in the community to
donate defibrillators to local venues as part of their 30
th
anniversary celebrations.
Jan Lennox, Director of Watermans, commented:
“Watermans is thrilled to have a potentially life-saving defibrillator installed in our venue and
though I hope we never have to use it it is reassuring to know it is there and that our
customer relations team will have training too.”
Commenting on the initiative which is part of the London Irish Foundation’s community
engagement activities, Andy Keast, Chief Executive of the London Irish Foundation, said:
“London Irish Foundation are delighted to assist Pump Technology Ltd to help provide local
community venues with this essential equipment and make a difference to anyone who
needs treatment quickly.”
Jonathan Barker, Managing Director of Pump Technology added:
“We’re pleased to be working with London Irish Foundation potentially helping anyone
visiting Waterman’s who might need this life-saving equipment.”
Training for Watermans’ staff will be carried out by London Ambulance Service.
For further information on this release please contact Antony Pickthall,
Editors’ Notes
About Watermans:
Waterman’s is West London’s arts centre. Our mission is to bring communities together through
cultural practice and we exist to enrich lives through the arts and creativity. As an independent
charity, we believe the arts is for everyone and that is at the heart of everything we do.
We present a thriving year-round programme of cinema, fringe theatre, exhibitions and workshops in
our stunning riverside location in Brentford, opposite Kew Gardens. We are an independent charity
with a wide outreach programme across Hounslow and beyond too, reaching tens of thousands of
people who would otherwise enjoy little or no arts provision, and working with them to build
community through the arts.
Our Brentford venue houses an independent cinema, 250-seat theatre, contemporary art gallery and
creative spaces for the community. In our cinema, find the latest movies, as well as festivals and
talks. In our theatre, discover children’s theatre, cabaret, dance, fringe theatre and digital
performance. And in our gallery, a year-round programme of free exhibitions focusing on digital arts.
We aim to showcase the very best of arts and culture in West London.
Our large riverside cafe and restaurant – including a gorgeous outdoor riverside terrace – is the
perfect place to while away a day by the river, or chill out before or after a show. The food is freshly-
prepared Indian, with a range of Indian bar snacks at the bar and a fabulous-value Express Lunch if
you’re in a rush, and children’s menu available.
Beyond the venue, audiences can discover Bell Square, Watermans’ outdoor arts venue in Hounslow
Town Centre, where it presents fortnightly free performances May-December. Watermans also runs
the major Arts Council-funded
Creative People and Places
programme that puts the decisions and
views of local people at the heart of everything it does and aims to create a colourful, confident and
creative Hounslow.
Watermans is a social enterprise and holder of the Social Enterprise Mark. This means that any
money we make is ploughed back into providing events and opportunities to take part for the whole
community.
