Complete a message in a bottle and keep it in your fridge – that’s the message being promoted by the Isle of Man Lions’ Club.
For some years now the club has been encouraging people to collect from them a free plastic emergency bottle which contains essential details about the holder – useful should they be struck by a sudden illness or accident.
The green and white plastic bottles contain forms, filled in by the holder giving a range of useful information from details of medication, ailments and allergies to emergency contact details and information about any dependants.
The bottle can be kept safe inside the fridge – where it will survive a fire – and place stickers on the fridge door and inside the front door to alert any emergency services about its presence.
Dennis Kneale, of the Lions Club, said: ‘We are keen to publicise this again because we still come across people who do not know about it, even though we have given out around 12,000 bottles.’
Scheme patron is former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe. Bottles are available from Noble’s Hospital, some doctors or direct from Mr Kneale on 661838.
