by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | General news
Today, Len and Joan Charles, long time supporters of the Team (since the late 1980s) and parents of very long serving team member Gillian Leigh (nee Charles)), celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Gillian their daughter had arranged a secret surprise for her... by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce our October month end 2014 collection box figures, with £216.43p collected, against £240.25 for October 2013. Our year to date Collection Box total is £2,648.19 compared to £2,306.77 for this time last year. We have unfortunately lost... by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | Donations
Our Support Group member, Laura Tunnicliffe, nominated Bolton Mountain Rescue Team to receive the contents of her work colleagues’ “penny bucket” for charity, and we are pleased to have received the sum of £11.16 from the staff of Marlborough Fund Managers of Bolton.... by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce the recent receipt of a £3.09p donation via the Charities Aid Foundation from Mr John Birkett of Bolton. We receive a great many donations in this manner via the Charities Aid Foundation, and we all thank Mr Birkett for kindly... by admin | Oct 30, 2014 | General news
Today at the very kind invitation of Bolton Council, the Bolton MRT attended the third annual ‘Get Ready for Winter’ event, which was held on Victoria Square in front of the Town Hall in Bolton. Organised by The Civil Contingencies Unit at Bolton Council, this event... by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | General news, Training
Tonight’s weekly training exercise saw seven of our 2014 recruitment intake, put through their last of three recruitment intake sessions with the team tonight, namely a night time navigation exercise with local area familiarisation, within the Terraced Gardens at... by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | Donations
Following our report of Saturday 25th October 2014, we are pleased to announce that the generous donations from Morrisons’ customers have been counted and the total comes to the magnificent figure of £384.30. We wish to thank all the kind shoppers who stopped to talk... by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | General news
Regular readers will be aware via our website that on Good Friday 2014, the team came to the rescue of Chloe Southworth, who suffered a leg injury on Rivington Pike whilst enjoying the sunny day with her father, uncle and cousin. Chloe was immediately tended to by... by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | Donations
Early this evening our Equipment Officer – Medical, Nigel Booth, journeyed to the Garstang Base / HQ of Bowland Pennine MRT to officially represent the Bolton MRT at a presentation handover evening event by Cumbrian and Lancastrian Rotarians, who were very kindly... by admin | Oct 28, 2014 | General news, Training
This evening our trainee air scenting mountain rescue search dog handler Jess Ellsmore, and her trainee dog Blitz, joined BPMRT member and friend of our team, SARDA (England) Mountain Rescue Air Scenting Dog Handler Alison Nicholson and her Search Dog Floss, for some...