Department of Works and Pensions in ‘dress down’ fundraiser for the team

by admin | May 28, 2015 | General news

One of our Team Support Group members, recently started a new job with the Department of Work and Pensions, and very quickly had their new work colleagues looking to a fundraiser for the team. We now have the excellent news that a ‘dress down’ day took place recently...

There are only days left for our AVIVA ‘Vote for the Bolton MRT £5,000.00 bid’ application. THE CLOSING DATE IS 30TH MAY 2015

by admin | May 28, 2015 | General news

Over the last few weeks we have made regular update reports on our request to encourage our many friends and supporters to vote for us for our Aviva Community Fund bid to gain a £5,000.00 award (please see website ‘News’ reports dated Friday 15th May, Saturday 16th...

Wonderful news from our friends and supporters at the Rotary Club of Turton

by admin | May 28, 2015 | General news

Yesterday our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a very kind hand written letter from Colin Roberts, Treasurer, Rotary Club of Turton. Garry has been invited to a charity beneficiaries presentation evening at the Rotary Club of Turton evening meeting of Thursday...

Team member Nick Berry’s casualty care skills come in handy whilst on holiday

by admin | May 27, 2015 | General news

This last weekend team member Nick Berry went away with his wife for a few days break in Derbyshire. Whilst away, his casualty care skills were called upon, as the following kind email received by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE this evening shows; “I’m writing...

Weekly evening exercise in Tigers Clough – and thankfully the forecasted heavy rain stayed away

by admin | May 27, 2015 | Training

Tonight, our Training Officer Alistair Greenough organised a search and evacuation exercise for us all, in the deeply incised rocky sided and heavily wooded River Douglas valley at the Rivington and Horwich boundary. More familiarly known locally for generations as...