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History

Here are details of the history of our scheme and web-site.

Date Event
(most recent first)
03/02/2005 Added latest course details.
01/02/2005 Made final updates, including a new simplified method for adding multiple photos for a course date [just add basic "PIC1-n" links to individual pictures, instead of creating a whole new HTML page].
31/01/2005 Added latest course details (caught up with backlog from 2004+). Added ALT text for all Courses .IMAGES (where wasn't ALT text already).
17/11/2003 Modified Contact Web form to also request "Contact Email" address.
09/11/2003 Added latest course details.
14/10/2003 Added latest course details.
15/05/2003 Added latest course details.
6/03/2003 Added latest course details.
20/2/2003 Added latest course details. Revised table of People.html to bring up to date, including note about new "open sessions" being run at St. John Ambulance, Grays Division HQ by Patrick Halpin.
03/11/2002 Added latest course details - specifically day with DoE Leaders, Cambridge University. Added their group shot to BW banner. Updated Heartstart banner (removed frame re: 5th Edition of 'Resuscitation for the Citizen' & confirmed all images reflect 6th Edition). Added photos of our Scheme's Instructors to people.html.
28/9/2002 Added latest course details.
11/03/2002 Added latest course details. Also, revamped welcome page completely - main aim was to shorten and simplify.
12/02/2002 Added latest course details.
03/02/2002 Re-arranged header and footer in master page template. NEW: Incorporated portrait and landscape banner images of students from past courses.
31/01/2002 Added new testimonials page and incorporated into main index, table of contents etc. Page is generated from Perl script + text data file (maintained in MS Word).
18/01/2002 Added latest course details. Changed footer Copyright to include 2002. Added ALT hover text to photographs containing Heartstart Thurrock Instructors (to enable visitors to the site to put names to faces).
10/11/2001 Added latest course details. Reorganised common header (disclaimer, removed out-of-date pics from animated banner), common footer (changed Copyright from 2000 to 2001), courses.html (split table into 5th Affiliation Year).
15/06/2001 Added latest course details.
25/03/2001 Added latest course details.
28/02/2001 Added latest course details.
17/02/2001 Added latest course details.
31/01/2001 Added latest course details.
14/01/2001 Added latest course details.
09/12/2000 Added latest course details. Also added scanned photo's for DoE Heartstart on 19/02/2000.
23/11/2000 Added latest course details. Added SADS UK site to links page. Also updated people page to include Darren Dawson.
20/10/2000 Added latest course details.
18/7/2000 Added latest course details. Revised site contacts.htm to show new style web site URL (heartstart_thurrock.tripod.com) and improved layout of contact details; also modified form posting method back to e-mail to yahoo address.
06/7/2000 Added latest course details.
08/5/2000 Removed St. John Ambulance Grays Division details pending move to new address.
20/4/2000 Added latest course details.
27/3/2000 Added latest course details.
9/3/2000 Brought course history details, contacts to other schemes, up to date. Issued re-designed animated logo.
19/2/2000 Added latest course details. Issued re-designed animated logo.
16/2/2000 Comprehensive makeover of site style and content. Content added/ updated to bring up to date.
2/2/2000 Added latest course details.
4/6/1999 Added latest course details.
22/5/1999 Brought course history and people details up to date.
19/4/1999 Added latest course details.
10/4/1999 Added any new Heartstart schemes found in Alta Vista to links page.
31/3/1999 Brought course history and people details up to date.
9/3/1999 Brought course history up to date & added details of future courses.
28/1/1999 Brought course history up to date & added details of future courses. Added list of other Essex based Heartstart Schemes. Added IMG from anchor link to Tripod NedStat Statistics as without it no statistics have been gathered since removed (11/11/98) - statistics restored as result.
11/11/1998 Added developed photographs for 999 Baby Lifesaver Roadshow, Tang Sou Dao and Barking Bus Stations (#2) classes. Removed IMG from anchor link to Tripod NedStat Statistics as delays loading of whole screen if access to NedStat site is slow.
23/10/1998 Added details of future courses. Added links to BBC News Online: Health article re: average Briton's ignorance about heart attack action; SAA (Sub Aqua Association) Scotland and various other newly found Heartstart schemes.
14/10/1998 Added details of BBC 999 Baby Lifesaver Roadshow. Also added credit to iMatix for Htmlpp tool used to generate these web-pages. Added link to "Are you Heartwise ?" (Sunderland) page. Updated course history table with past (Youth Service and Tang Sou Dao Federation) and future courses. Broke through first 100 students taught! Added Site Access statistics through Tripod Stats.
07/09/1998 Added new 35mm pictures from past events (Venture Scouts, BHF "Start a Heart" appeal, BBC 999 Roadshow, and William Edwards School). Added mutual link after notified of inclusion in "the Guide to Medical Information on the Web".
28/08/1998 Submitted paperwork for re-affiliation to Heartstart UK. Contacting new Thurrock organisations re: ELS courses. Planning ways to offer individuals access, as well as groups from organisations.
On web site, added code to automatically number courses; changed footer link bar colouring to same as header bar; updated contact information with new fax nr.
11/08/1998 Added pictures for William Edwards School course.
06/08/1998 Established contact with previous Coordinator of Heartstart Ayrshire and Arran. Learned a great deal from mature scheme covering a very large region of Scotland. Impressed by scale of operation.
06/08/1998 Converted "Course Booking Form" from using mailto: action to a CGI mailto.pl script so works in all browsers. Added latest entry for William Edwards School.
29/07/1998 Added Paula Jones as new Instructor, sub-total of students taught on courses so far and rearranged footer so link bar first.

27/07/1998

Added link bar to speed navigation from the footer. Reorganised "related events" page so suitable for future additions.
19/07/1998 Added text and pictures for 2 recent courses on 16th & 19th July 1998..
09/07/1998 Added text and pictures for "BBC 999 Lifesaver Roadshow, London Olympia" experiences.
03/07/1998 Broke up history into history and courses past and future. Added table of people involved. Added a course booking form. Added link to Resuscitation Council (UK) site.
29/06/1998 Broke up web-site into individual pages branching from a main welcome page. Added link to Heartstart Discovery
25/06/1998 Heartstart Thurrock scheme activates web-site at https://members.tripod.com/~heartstart_thurrock. Also making efforts to have our URL included in search-engines (Yahoo! UK) and regional organisations (Thurrock Community Information Service).
24/03/1998 Heartstart Thurrock scheme takes delivery of a considerable amount of equipment bought with grant from Heartstart UK. Many thanks again.
05/03/1998 Heartstart Thurrock scheme is given certificate of affiliation to Heartstart UK. Considerable gratitude and thanks are due Siân Davies and Juliet Kirk who provided considerable support and advice throughout the process of application.
12/02/1998 Established contact with current Coordinator of Essex Heartstart, run by the Essex Ambulance Service. Offered good wishes with setting up our own scheme, plus an open invitation to attend one of their courses.
12/01/1998 Siân Davies, National Heartstart Coordinator visited St. John Ambulance, Grays Division as guest speaker to explain purpose of the Heartstart UK scheme.
29/10/1997 Met and interviewed by Siân Davies, National Heartstart Coordinator (England & Wales) at BHF HQ, London to discuss application for starting an affiliated scheme. Received a great deal of support and advice. Took news back to St. John Ambulance, Grays Division to discuss our application and plans for the scheme.


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Heartstart Thurrock is a scheme affiliated to Heartstart UK, a national programme co-ordinated by the British Heart Foundation to promote Emergency Life Support training throughout the United Kingdom.
Heartstart Thurrock is supported by St. John Ambulance Grays Division. These pages should not to be confused with those of Heartstart UK.


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