by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Donations
As we reported on 3rd July 2016, Belmont Primary School held their annual sponsored walk with this year’s event supporting Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and Cancer Research UK. Members of our team were on hand to ensure all went safely on the day. We are now...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Donations, Lectures/Presentations/Displays
On Saturday 10th September, we held a Bolton Mountain Rescue Team Community Awareness Day by kind permission of Morrisons Store at Gate Fold, Harwood. A rota of four operational team members and eight of our support group members meant we were on hand throughout the...
by admin | Sep 11, 2016 | General news
As reported in February 2016, we were delighted to learn that Bolton Mountain Rescue Team would be a beneficiary of the Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2016. This follows very generous support from the 2009 and 2010 Festivals, when we received an amazing £6,000 on each...
by admin | Sep 4, 2016 | Donations
We are pleased to report receipt of a generous donation of £250 from the Rotary Club of Turton. Michael McNicholas’s year of office as Club President has come to an end and one of his duties is to choose which local charities will benefit from their charity...
by admin | Sep 4, 2016 | Donations
Thanks to Ye Jolly Crofters, Jayne Tilsley at the Fox & Hounds in Theale, and Arthurs Bar in Lanzarote for their fantastic donations to our team which were presented to us last night. The pub also hosts a Monday night quiz night in Horwich with proceeds being...
by admin | Sep 1, 2016 | Donations
Our collecting tins out and about in the community have generated a total of £429.58 towards our income during the month of August 2016. This brings the total donations from our charity tins for January – August 2016 to £2,217.90 compared to £2,274.79 for the...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Donations
On 9th July 2016, Bolton Mountain Rescue Team was represented at Cedar Avenue Village Green Fete, organised by the Events Team of St Elizabeth’s Church, Horwich. The weather was pretty dreadful and there was a “rescue” carried out during the event...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Donations
Following our report of 5th August 2016 of a donation of £25.00 received from Bolton CHA Walking Club in memory of their late well-loved member, Mr Mike Allen, we have now received a further twenty-one donations totalling £382.00 via Howarth’s Funeral Service,...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 14.23 today, as team members were finishing off maintenance work at our Ladybridge Hall base, the team was contacted by NWAS for assistance with an incident within Philips Park in Whitefield. A 19 year old female cyclist had fallen and injured her leg in an...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Safety Cover
This evening saw the Bolton MRT providing standby rescue cover for a fell race in the team’s area, namely the Royal Rumble. The race which is now in its second year is organised by Richard Taylor, a member of Blackburn Harriers, with assistance from other local...
