With the opening of our team once more to operational membership recruitment, as a result of our having a limited number of current vacancies, we published a website ‘News’ item on Tuesday 9th September 2014.

We can report that to date we have now received fourteen positive applications, all of whom have been sent an email reply, inviting them to our three recruitment intake sessions.

These interested persons include a Structural Engineer, an Accident and Emergency Nurse, a Dental Technician, an Operations Director, a Trainee Teacher, a retired Police Officer a retired college lecturer, an Accident and Emergency Doctor, a Facilities Manager, an Operations Manager, a Construction Trade Student, an Electrician, a Cleaning operative and an NWAS Clinical Advisor, with ages ranging from 18 to 54.

All are of course experienced hill walkers, with some having additional outdoor experience such as Mountaineering abroad, trekking, fell running, 1/2 marathon running, kayaking, caving and rock climbing.

Since 9th September 2014, we have also had at least four related tentative membership enquiries.

Eight of the thirteen applicants have now confirmed their attendance on our Thursday evening 23rd, all day Sunday 26th and Wednesday evening 29th October recruitment sessions, by returning their booking form and registration fee.

The eight, from Leigh, Wilderswood (Horwich) Bolton, Horwich, Turton, Prestwich and Manchester, have all received a detailed programme via email, for the three sessions mentioned above.

Please note that our 2014 Recruitment Intake will be closing for applications at 18.00hrs this evening, Tuesday 21st October 2014, so if you are interested in joining us, please view our Recruitment News feature (and reply very immediately) within our ‘News’ page dated Tuesday 9th September 2014, and the ‘News’ reports dated Thursday 11th, Saturday 13th, Tuesday 16th, Monday 29th September, Thursday 2nd, Tuesday 7th, and Tuesday 15th October 2014.