by admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Donations, General news
We have received a fantastic donation of £195.20 via our online portal, Charity Checkout, from Craig Harley of Bridgewater. Family member, Alexia Harley, has issued the following comment on our website Guestbook page:- “Hi, my name is Alexia Harley… I did... by admin | Mar 13, 2017 | 2017, Incident
Within minutes of being stood down from our previous callout, 22/2017, our Team Leader was again contacted by the force duty officer with a request for assistance in the search for a missing person whose car had been located on Scout Road, Bolton. The team would be... by admin | Mar 13, 2017 | 2017, Incident
Our Team Leader, Alistair Greenough, was contacted by Greater Manchester Police Force duty Officer requesting the availability for Steve Nelson and Boris the trailing dog for a high risk missing person in the Leigh area. Steve was unavailable but contacted Damian... by admin | Mar 12, 2017 | Safety Cover
Today the team provided standby rescue cover for the Jackals Run 10k and half marathon trail races. Starting at Ye Olde England Kiosk in Sunnyhurst Woods, the races attracted 63 runners on the 10k race with the half marathon course starting with 48 runners, although... by admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Donations
We have received a donation of £215.55 via our online portal, Charity Checkout, from our friends at Darwen Dashers Running Club in respect of our stand-by rescue cover for their “Mr Sparkle’s Dark ‘Un” event held 17th February 2017. We are... by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 14:33 one of the team’s ‘Callout Contacts’ (who operate a shift system to ensure there is always someone to receive any call we get from the emergency services) received a call on the team’s direct phone number. Please note that we always... by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | General news
Our readers may remember back in June 2014, the team provided safety cover for the Edgworth Reservoir Challenge which was a 5k and 10k race around Wayoh and Entwistle reservoirs. The organisers of those races and the accompanying fun day (Enriched Events) raised money... by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Donations
We have today received a generous donation of £350 from the West Lancashire Group Long Distance Walkers’ Association for our stand-by rescue coverage of the Anglezarke Amble event held on 11th February 2017. We are very grateful for such support of our work and... by admin | Mar 5, 2017 | General news
Today 3 scouts from the 25th Warrington East Scouts at Grappenhall came to spend the day with the team. The troop had very kindly nominated the team as it’s charity this year and raised over a £1000 for the team by taking part in a sponsored walk with a... by admin | Mar 4, 2017 | Donations, General news
From 10:00 to 18:00 today, our team members were busy operating a rota holding a charity collection in Morrisons store at Blackhorse Street, Bolton. Five of our Support Group members, joined by two operational team members, were on hand with leaflets and display...