Donations

On 30th June 2018, whilst most of the team was engaged assisting the Fire Service with the moorland fires at Rivington, five of our Support Group and one operational team member operated a rota to hold a charity collection in the entrance of ASDA’s store at Brackley Street, Farnworth, from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

Thanks to the generosity of ASDA’s kind customers, we collected a fantastic total of £230.74 towards our search and rescue work.  We would like to thank the management of ASDA Farnworth for granting permission for our collection and making us welcome on the day, and, of course, huge thanks to the many wonderful shoppers who paused to talk to our collectors and drop their donations into our buckets.

We are pleased to announce a donation from Paul Allen, the Treasurer for the East Lancashire Group of the Long Distance Walkers Association.

The £45 donation had arisen from the Groups Two Crosses Challenge Walk event.

We would like to thank all members and competitors of the East Lancashire Group of the Long Distance Walkers Association for this kind donation.

Today we received a card in the post from Mark and Katherine Stacey and Richard Elrington.

In the card was written:

Please find enclosed £135 collected in lieu of flowers at my fathers Derek Raymond Elrington recent funeral. He loved the mountains and the local moors. We thought it was appropriate to donate to the team.

We would like to pass on our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Mr Elrington, and thank all who donated to the team in memory of Derek Raymond Elrington.

We are pleased to report a donation of £65 (£81 with gift aid) from Kevin Latham. Kevin has donated to the team before and runs Bolton Video-Music Club, a Jive club who meet at Regent Park Golf Club.

The team would like to thank everyone who contributed to this kind donation.