00:00A father whose 12-year-old son died following a cardiac arrest has been made an OBE after setting up a foundation which has saved more than 80 lives by providing defibrillators.
00:11Mark King's son Oliver suffered a cardiac arrest during a swimming lesson at school in Liverpool in 2011 and died from sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.
00:20The Oliver King Foundation has since given out 7,000 defibrillators and Mr King's campaigning led to the government ensuring every state school in England has access to one of the life-saving machines.
00:33He said our Ollie was only with us for 12 years but he never let us down once and this is us not letting his name down.
00:41Mr King 63 said when he first found out he was to be included in the King's birthday honours he thought the letter had gone to the wrong address.
00:48Mr King's working to set up a centre to provide testing for all children.
00:54Since the foundation was set up in 2012 Mr King's personally delivered all the defibrillators to schools, businesses and sporting venues as far north as Stornoway and as far south as Portsmouth.
01:05Mr King said 84 lives have been saved with the defibrillators including a child as young as four.
01:11The foundation which also provides training to use the machines has received support from former Liverpool footballer Jamie Carragher as well as politicians including Liverpool Garst and MP Maria Eagle and Lord Mike Storey.
01:25Mr King from Chilwall says he's dealt with six Prime Ministers during his time as a campaigner.
01:30He said he plans to continue his campaign and is calling for a change in the law which would see defibrillators required in all public buildings in the same way as fire extinguishers.
