by admin | Jan 22, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 16:19 this afternoon the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service for assistance with an incident at Captains Clough. The ambulance crews had been called to two young girls who were injured whilst crossing the stream in the clough, and required...
by admin | Jan 22, 2017 | Donations
Bolton Chiropractors of Heaton, Bolton, kindly host one of our charity collecting tins. At Christmas their staff took Christmas photographs of their patients and invited them to make charitable donations to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team as ‘payment’ for...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 20:45 tonight the team was contacted by Greater Manchester Police with the report of a serious incident on the moors above Bolton. A 54 year old male from the Bolton area had been participating in the popular pastime of GeoCaching in the vicinity of Winter Hill,...
by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | Donations
We have received news from our online giving portal, Charity Checkout, that a kind supporter, Mrs Debra Burrows of Radcliffe, has pledged a monthly donation of £10 (effectively £12.50 with gift aid added) to support our search and rescue work. On Boxing Day, 26th...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 19:17 this evening the MPSRO Silver command group was activated with the aim of requesting appropriately qualified resources from across the region to support our colleagues at Scarborough and Ryedale MRT. Due to the forecast for possible tidal flooding and...
by admin | Jan 8, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 10:26 this morning the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service Air Desk at Broughton emergency operations centre. A 59 year old female casualty had sustained an ankle injury in the Roddlesworth Plantations at Tockholes, Darwen. Although the...
by admin | Jan 7, 2017 | General news
Last year, Mountain Rescue (England and Wales) started to offer teams to undertake Peer Review, allowing teams to review and reflect on their own processes and the way things are done. So far six Mountain Rescue Teams have undertaken Peer Reviews, with our...
by admin | Jan 5, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 10:54 this morning the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service who were requesting our assistance at an incident on Rivington Pike. A 70 year old female was reported to have fainted on the summit of the Pike, on this very clear and crisp morning, and...
by admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Donations
We have received a kind donation of £163.44 from Bolton Parish Church which has been raised during 2016 towards our work. We are very grateful to Bolton Parish Church for their long standing support of our work and appreciate their interest.
by admin | Jan 2, 2017 | Donations
We are very pleased to report that the total income for 2016 from our community collection boxes amounts to the wonderful figure of £3,541.33 from the 104 boxes at various sites throughout our operational area. Although we always send certificates of thanks to the...
