by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | General news
As reported in these pages on 10th May 2016, 25th Warrington East (St Wilfrid’s Grappenhall) Scout Troop has chosen Bolton Mountain Rescue Team to support as their Christmas Charity for 2016. This follows us being chosen in 2008 and 2011, with a total of over...
by admin | Oct 13, 2016 | General news
Today 5 team members travelled to Atherton Community Fire Station to support their open day. The team took along BM3 Land rover ambulance and BM6 our control vehicle. Local families had the opportunity to look around the control vehicle, land rover and all the kit we...
by admin | Oct 12, 2016 | Donations
Back in April 2015 Bolton MRT members Diane Blakeley, Paul Copley and Heath Doran visited Horwich Women’s Institute, during which they gave a talk and equipment demonstration. A few months later we discovered that we had been chosen as the Institutes Charity for the...
by admin | Oct 11, 2016 | Training
Over the weekends of 17th & 18th September and the 24th & 25th September 7 team members travelled to Lyon Equipment’s HQ at Tebay in Cumbria to attend a rope rescue operators course. As well as Lyon being a supplier of outdoor and industrial access kit...
by admin | Oct 11, 2016 | Donations
On Thursday evening 29th September we welcomed Westhoughton Beaver Scouts to our HQ to learn about our work. Following that visit, their Leader, Catriona Bright, called into our HQ on Sunday 9th October with a fantastic donation of £40.00 and a tin of biscuits for our...