by admin | May 25, 2010 | Donations, General news
This evening a small group of team members played host to a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by a representative group of members and players from Bromley Cross Open Age Football Club. The members and players were met by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Team...
by admin | May 24, 2010 | Donations, General news
In mid-January 2010 we found out that we had been named as a Charity Beneficiary in the will of the late Miss Jean Noreen Redwood of Darwen, who sadly passed away on 29th October 2009. Jean also kindly named a great many others in her will as beneficiaries, including...
by admin | May 24, 2010 | Donations, General news
Following St Paul’s (Astley Bridge) Men’s Guild visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ on 11th May 2010, on 17th May our Secretary Gillian Gregory, received a very kind donation via their Honorary Treasurer, Graham Gibbons, of £30.00, “Towards...
by admin | May 23, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Today whilst in the team’s area already covering the latter part of the Darwen Rotary Club Darwen Tower Trudge Sponsored Walk, we became aware of a major moorland fire developing on Rivington Moor. (Maybe it was the huge pall of smoke that gave it away!) NWAS...
by admin | May 23, 2010 | General news
Organised annually by our friends and supporters in the Rotary Club of Darwen, the Darwen Tower Trudge takes in a delightful route around the reservoirs and hills of Tockholes, Roddlesworth and Darwen, including the moorland heights of Lyons Den, Darwen Moor and of...
by admin | May 22, 2010 | General news
Today, in glorious sunshine, two team members, Chris Tennant, Base and Catering Officer, and Elaine Gilliland, Training Officer, journeyed in our team vehicle, BM1 to Victoria Square, Bolton. At the kind invitation of Soroptimist International of Bolton the team had...
by admin | May 20, 2010 | General news
Regular readers will know that the team relies on a great many individuals and organisations outside the immediate team membership to keep the team ticking over and working. One of these is Frank Hulton Motor Engineers of Farnworth, Bolton, who for a very long time...
by admin | May 20, 2010 | Donations, General news
Blackpool Council recently donated a very large number of ’Space Blankets,’ surplus to their requirements, to Lancashire Constabulary for onward distribution to the Mountain Rescue Teams who work in Lancashire. As a result this evening, along with our...
by admin | May 20, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we received a kind £75.00 donation from Horwich New Heart Club with regards to thanks for our provision of Standby Rescue Cover for their Rivington Pike Sponsored Walk, which took place on Sunday 16th May 2010. (See website ’news’ item dated...
by admin | May 19, 2010 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a kind and generous £300.00 donation arising from our involvement in providing Standby Rescue Cover for this years Belmont Fell Races on Saturday 8th May. The organiser Dave Bateson in a letter to the team...
