by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | General news
It has been a while since the team have had a group photo, so on the evening of Wednesday 21st September 31 Full Team Members, eight trainee members and three support group members travelled to SS Simon & Jude CE Primary School, Great Lever, Bolton, to have a... by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Donations
Our community collection boxes have produced a marvellous total of £654.21 for September 2016, compared with £417.94 for September 2015. This brings the total so far in 2016 to £2,872.11 which is around £200 more than the same period last year. We have 100 registered... by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Donations
Mr Stephen Hazlitt of Bolton has been supporting Bolton Mountain Rescue Team with generous donations since 2011, and we have recently received £500 with his Best Wishes via the Charities Aid Foundation. We very much appreciate Stephen’s support of our work and... by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Donations
We have recently received a generous donation of £100 from Leigh & District Rambling Club – their Secretary, Dianne Fazackerley, explained in her accompanying letter that the club has a Charity Fund and each year gives support to various Mountain Rescue... by admin | Sep 28, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 19:07 this evening, just before our regular weekly training exercise was about to begin, the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service with the report of an incident in the Tockholes Plantations, Roddlesworth. A 51 year old female mountain biker had... by admin | Sep 27, 2016 | Donations
We are pleased to report receipt of a generous donation of £155.00 from Mr Kevan Latham of Bolton via our online giving portal Charity Checkout. With gift aid added, this brings the total to a marvellous £193.75. We are very grateful to Mr Latham for his thoughtful... by admin | Sep 25, 2016 | General news
Today team member Mark Scott and trainee team member Michael Stevenson attended the Haigh, Aspull and Blackrod Annual Ploughing Competition which took place at Brinsop Hall Farm,Westhoughton. They travelled in one of the team’s Landrover ambulances. Once again... by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 22:00 this evening the team were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to assist in the evacuation of two casualties who had fallen approximately 10 metres into a steep sided gully. The alarm was raised by a friend who was able to guide the responding... by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | General news
Four team members Chairman Gill Leigh, John Dickinson, Diane Blakeley and Matthew Morris along with two members of our Support Group Iain Clarkson and Bob Melia spent a few hours pulling pints of real ale and filling glasses with a range of ciders at the Edgworth Real... by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Today five team members attended the Kingfisher Trail Festival in Clifton Country Park, organised by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. The previous afternoon and in to the evening, a number of the team had been searching areas of the park for a missing person, see...