by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 12th May 2013, the team provided full standby rescue cover for the fell run section of the Darwen Leisure Centre Aquathon. This event organised by Blackburn with Darwen Council, had as its fell run section a route from the Sunnyhurst Inn up onto Darwen Moor...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to receive three kind donations amounting to £45.00 all made in celebration of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Walton of Bolton. In a card accompanying these thoughtful donations, Mrs Margaret Walton states ; “Please...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | General news
Further to our website report dated Sunday 28th July 2013, the following article has subsequently appeared in the Lancashire Telegraph, giving more details of this sad theft. Alan Ainscow who works at the cafe CASH was stolen from a charity collection box raising...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | General news
This week the counter on our website which registers visits / hits to our website will pass the 1,490,000 mark, an incredibly huge number of visits / hits since our website first went live way back on 1st October 2001. Today the number of followers of the team on our...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
Following a recent talk to Tonge Fold History Group from our Training Officer Dave Marsh on the use of search dogs in mountain rescue, we are very pleased to report the receipt of a very kind and thoughtful £25.00 donation from Tonge Fold History Group this...
by admin | Jul 28, 2013 | General news
We are very saddened today to report the theft of money from a team Collecting Box at Vaughn’s Country Cafe at Roddlesworth, Tockholes. The customers at this very busy cafe location regularly raise very large sums of money for the team, with the proprietor...