by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Donations, General news
Once again it gives us great pleasure to welcome another kind and thoughtful very supportive donation from team friend Sheila Morris. Sheila is a former walking colleague of former team member Andrew Ryding, and first found out about the team when they were both...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the kind receipt of a £123.33 donation from St Paul’s Players, Adlington, arising from a collection held for the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, during a recent production of the pantomime ’Jack and the...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to report today the very kind donation of £25.00 from Mr D.L. Halliwell of Westhoughton, Bolton, “In recognition of the fine work that the team carries out.” The team membership extends its grateful thanks to Mr D.L. Halliwell for his...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Donations, General news
Regular readers will be aware that we were one of the named Charity Beneficiaries of the Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2009, which resulted in a substantial £6,000.00 donation being made to the team. We utilised this donation to fund the purchase of our SAR Boat...
by admin | Feb 2, 2011 | General news
Last year In January 2010, the team took on eleven Probationary Team members, who then went on to become Trainee team members for a twelve month period with the team. Over the course of one year, once the realities of the commitment and dedication to the team had...
by admin | Jan 30, 2011 | General news
Our collection boxes scheme has had an encouraging start to 2011 with a total of £486.28 donated in January. As ever, many thanks to those who contribute by dropping their coins into our community boxes, and many thanks to the sites which host the boxes to...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | General news
This afternoon the team hosted a visit by six teenage members of Greater Manchester Police ‘K’ Division Voluntary Police Cadets, along with their instructor and mentor GMP PC Trish Shepherd. Trish and the cadets were met by our Training Officer Elaine...
by admin | Jan 27, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 17:15 early this evening, NWAS (Greater Manchester) requested the team to assist them with a casualty suffering a dislocated knee, in the middle of a Sports Field in the Altrincham area of South Manchester. A full team pager call out was made at 17:19, with eleven...
by admin | Jan 22, 2011 | General news
Today team member John Fletcher travelled to Edale Mountain Rescue Team Headquarters in the heart of the Peak District to attend the second Mountain Rescue National Water Conference. Following registration the Chairman of the National Water Conference, Andy Lee gave a...
by admin | Jan 22, 2011 | General news
Today we received yet another donation from our good friends at Team Eagley Bank. Their group had a ’chill-out’ party on 8th January at one of the member’s homes and raised £95.00 in support of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. This brings the total...
