A BLEED kit has been purchased for Rubery’s digital safety pod thanks to fundraising efforts.

Earlier in the year, Farrah McNutt launched a campaign to turn disused BT telephone boxes into pods that act as a safe space for crime victims.

Farrah, who is from Cambridgeshire, posted on Facebook to gage people’s reactions about the pods.

She was contacted by the member of the Rubery community who told her to get in touch with Dev Kumah, postmaster of Rubery Post Office on New Road.

With the help of Dev, Farrah has fundraised enough money for a bleed kit which cost £510.

Bromsgrove Advertiser: Farrah McNutt and Dev Kumah. Farrah McNutt and Dev Kumah.

“At the beginning of the campaign we thought it would cost around £4,000 to get the telephone box converted into the safety pod but it’s actually going to more than £20,000,” said Farrah.

“We do have a long way to go but we are taking it one step at a time.

“We are well on the way to raising enough money for the fitted door.”

The bleed kit is set to be installed in the telephone box, which is outside Rubery Post Office, after Christmas.

Farrah, founder of national online crime prevention website Catch a Thief UK, is also hoping to raise funds to give smaller bleed kits to local businesses.

Farrah, aged 27, added: “We have got a lot of support and I know the local councillors and police are behind the campaign.

“We are doing a TV raffle next week, we do prize draws, sell hampers and are currently running an advent calendar draw whereby people buy the advent calendar and win whatever is behind it.

“Morrisons in Rubery are also being really generous and have provided various hampers for us.

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Eventually, the digital safety pod will be fully kitted out with devices such as CCTV, alarms and an automatic door to protect anyone in danger.