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£1,000 for every Harrogate Town goal to be donated to charity

Thursday, 26 September 2024 10:40

Every goal scored in the EFL will be worth £1,000 this weekend.

Every goal scored by Harrogate Town is worth even more this weekend thanks to an initiative launched by SkyBet.

The betting company, who sponsor the English Football League (EFL), have vowed to donate £1,000 to British Heart Foundation for every goal scored in the Championship, League One and League Two throughout weekend.

It means every goal in Harrogate Town’s match with Bradford City on Saturday (28th September) will benefit the charity.

The donations are part of the Every Minute Matters Campaign, which is a mission to raise £3 million and recruit 270,000 football fans to learn CPR.

The campaign has already proved a big hit, with Sky Bet donating £500,000 to fund the vital work of the BHF and over 80,000 people learning CPR since the campaign launched.

There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year, equating to at least five every 90 minutes.

Each minute that passes without CPR reduces the chance of survival by up to 10 per cent.

Research commissioned by Sky Bet found that 45% of football fans lack the confidence to perform CPR.

The British Heart Foundation’s online tool RevivR provides a quick and easy course for those looking to learn.

Learn CPR in just 15 mins here.

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