£20,000 Bequest from the late Jim Fletcher BEM

Incident 14/2017 – Reported Crashed Air Balloon

At 13:08 today the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to respond to a potential balloon crash in the vicinity of Darwen Moor. A member of the public had seen a balloon descend quickly from the opposite side of Darwen and had alerted the emergency...
£20,000 Bequest from the late Jim Fletcher BEM

Kind Donation from Gillian & Alexander Terrell

We have received a generous donation of £50, gift-aided, from Gillian & Alexander Terrell of Horwich, in memory of Mrs Hilda Hutchinson-Lowe, who was the late mother of our President, Bob Hutchinson. We are very grateful for this donation towards our work and...
£20,000 Bequest from the late Jim Fletcher BEM

Charity Collection at ASDA Farnworth

From 10:00 to 18:00 today, Bolton Mountain Rescue Team held a charity collection at ASDA, Brackley Street, Farnworth.  Our Fundraising Officer was joined by four members of our Support Group, two trainee operational team members and the partner of one of the trainees,...
£20,000 Bequest from the late Jim Fletcher BEM

Greater Manchester Police training day

Today the team was joined by response officers from Greater Manchester Police for a training day.  The session is one which the team has already undertaken with several groups of officers from GMP to give an insight into how the team is organised and operates with...