A charity which installs defibrillators across the region is in the process of installing six of the life-saving devices in former BT telephone boxes.

Jayne Biggs, of Heart 2 Heart Norfolk, has installed a defibrillator in a phone box in Caister - and is drawing up plans for more in the Great Yarmouth area in five former BT boxes.

Mrs Biggs set up her defibrillator charity in 2016 after her daughter, Violet, suffered a cardiac arrest when she was seven-years-old.

The Caister phone box, on Ormesby Road, had belonged to the village's Women's Institute branch, before the group handed it over to Mrs Biggs and funded the defibrillator, which is easy for people in an emergency to use.

Eastern Daily Press: The former phone box in Ormesby Road, Caister, is now hosting a life-saving defibrillator.The former phone box in Ormesby Road, Caister, is now hosting a life-saving defibrillator. (Image: Jayne Biggs)

The other five BT phone boxes have been purchased for just £1 each. The next to have a defibrillator installed will be the box in Warren Road, Gorleston.

Mrs Biggs, who has installed more than 260 defibrillators across the Norfolk and Suffolk area, said: "You can only buy the BT phone boxes if you are a registered charity or something like a parish council.

"With the phone boxes the electrical point is still there, which obviously you need for the cabinet, and obviously they are a lot more protected inside the phone box than outside on a wall.

"And, obviously, they are in an ideal place."

Eastern Daily Press: Michael Court, of St George's Theatre, the mayor Kerry Robinson-Payne, Jayne Biggs and Zoe Knell from Halifax at the unveiling of the defibrillator.Picture: David De'athMichael Court, of St George's Theatre, the mayor Kerry Robinson-Payne, Jayne Biggs and Zoe Knell from Halifax at the unveiling of the defibrillator.Picture: David De'ath (Image: Archant)

Mrs Biggs already has defibrillators in phone boxes at Mautby and at a holiday camp in Clippesby, and carries out training sessions on the devices across the region.

The 50-year-old said: "You just lift the lid and it gives you step by step instructions. They are a lifesaver.

"Your chance of survival if your heart is in a shockable rhythm with CPR is 9pc but, with a defib, it is 60pc - which is a big jump."

Eastern Daily Press: Jayne Biggs from Heart 2 Heart has helped install more than 50 defibrillators across the county Picture: Ian BurtJayne Biggs from Heart 2 Heart has helped install more than 50 defibrillators across the county Picture: Ian Burt (Image: Archant 2018)

After her daughter suffered a cardiac arrest at their Bradwell home, Mrs Biggs called an ambulance and performed CPR before the paramedics arrived with a defibrillator to restart her daughter’s heart.

To get in touch with Mrs Biggs about her charity, search for 'Heart 2 Heart Norfolk' on Facebook.