Essex grandmother donates more bleed kits to Colchester venues

A dedicated grandmother has donated bleed kits to a number of locations in Colchester in her tireless work to end knife crime.

Julie Taylor’s grandson Liam Taylor was only 19 when he died from multiple stab wounds in an attack at The Rose and Crown pub in Writtle in January 2020.

Since then, Julie, who runs the St Peter’s Hospital cafe in Maldon, has set up The Liam Taylor Legacy to educate, demonstrate, raise funds for bleed kits and raise awareness around knife crime.

For more than four years, she has tirelessly donated more than 300 kits across the county, with eight donated to Colchester in 2022.

Accompanied by PC Dave Bishop from Essex Police, she visited Waldergraves on Mersea Island, Colchester Leisure World, Colchester Institute, Colchester Sixth Form College and The Playhouse public house to donate kits.

The bleed kits from the Daniel Baird Foundation have been funded by Essex County Council and cost £104.

The kits include basic instructions, trauma dressing, haemostatic gauze, a chest seal, a tourniquet, nitrile gloves and scissors.