We're delighted The Sun is backing our campaign calling for young people to be taught Emergency Life Support (ELS) skills in school, after footballer Fabrice Muamba, who's also supporting the campaign, received CPR when he collapsed during a match.

Sign the Sun-backed petition

Join the fight to get every young person knowing how to save a life before they leave school. After all, having Emergency Life Support (ELS) skills should be as important as learning to read and write. 

We urgently need more signatures so sign the petition and spread the word. And don't forget, we rely on your generous donations to help train young people in life-saving skills. Donate today or text 'CPR' to 78866 to donate £5 and help us create more life-savers.

The campaign so far

We now have more than 100,000 signatures on our ELS petition. Hundreds of you have been emailing your local politicians and helping us put pressure on decision-makers to ensure all children know how to save a life.

Working with our Heartstart schools, we've arranged for several politicians to visit schools in their constituencies. They've witnessed ELS training in action and seen how effective and easy it can be to learn these vital skills. Ed Miliband MP and Nick Clegg MP are just some of the high profile visitors to our Heartstart schools.

We've also recently handed in the Northern Ireland petition to Health Minister Edwin Poots MLA. We're now waiting to hear if the Assembly will prioritise life-saving skills in its upcoming Programme for Government.

We'll be handing in petitions to other Governments across the UK in the coming months.

What is ELS?

When someone is having a heart attack, has serious bleeding, choking, is unconscious or in cardiac arrest, knowing what to do to help keep them alive until professional help arrives can give their chances of survival a significant boost. The skills you need for this are called Emergency Life Support skills, or ELS.

CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), taught in schools as part of ELS, might double a casualty’s chances of survival from a cardiac arrest.

How can I make a difference?

Help us save lives and campaign to get ELS skills taught to every child in the UK. Sign our petition and email your local political representative to show your support.

• In England, we're fighting for ELS skills to be a mandatory part of the National Curriculum.
• In Scotland, we believe ELS skills should be taught in every school as part of the Curriculum for Excellence.
• In Wales, we want to see ELS skills taught in every school as a compulsory part of PSE (Personal and Social Education).
• And in Northern Ireland we believe further investment aimed at raising awareness of, and access to, ELS skills in schools, workplaces and communities will help save lives.