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Team members are keeping their fingers and toes crossed they will finally get the green light to transform land behind Manchester Road, Haslingden into a new £500k operational headquarters.
posted Friday, February 19, 2010
It was with great sadness on Friday 12 February, that team members gathered at St Cuthbert Church in Burnley, to say goodbye to their friend and colleague Barry Robinson.
posted Monday, February 15, 2010
Bit of positive feedback from one of our casualties.
posted Tuesday, January 05, 2010
We're still reeling from the shock and excitement on hearing the news this evening – but this is amazing for us.
posted Thursday, November 26, 2009
Alwyn Hayes, together with her husband Colin, are both trainees with the team.
posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009
It is with mixed thoughts that the team receive a donation of £630 from the family of the late Steve Carlisle to mark the fifth anniversary of his untimely death. The event was held at the Burnley League Club with all proceeds going to the team.
posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Team members spent another day at Tesco Haslingden on Saturday 17 October, to continue raising awareness of our role in the community.
posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The Mary Towneley Loop Mountain Bike Challenge attracted nearly 200 entries this year.
posted Monday, September 14, 2009
Two members of the team – team leader Andy Simpson and team secretary Judy Whiteside – were flying the mountain rescue flag (metaphorically!) at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party in July, representing Mountain Rescue (England & Wales).
posted Sunday, July 26, 2009
It was late Saturday morning at Noggarth top and the unmistakable deep thudding noise of the RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter got ever louder.
posted Sunday, July 26, 2009
The website now has a direct link to Facebook. Just click on the button on the News listing page to go straight through to the Rossendale and Pendle MRT page for news, views, images and videos of the team. And for the opportunity to have your say.
posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Megahike event at the end of June, for which we provided standby rescue cover, was a lesson to us – and probably all teams – in the organisation of a challenge event, which also appears to successfully make a great deal of money.
posted Monday, July 20, 2009
Team members spent Saturday on Pendle Hill, working with the RAF Sea King and crew, and honing their rescue skills.
posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009
And as if the longest team day of the Rossendale Way event wasn't enough, and team members hadn't dispersed (finally) for a well earned beer or cuppa, and a bit of kip, the pager beeped again in the early hours.
posted Monday, July 06, 2009
Hot on the heels of an already busy week for the team, what with the sudden hot weather and all that entails – came the Rossendale Way in a Day and Halfway events which we run every year to raise much needed funds.
posted Monday, July 06, 2009
Team members might not have been sleeping too well since Sunday but it has more to do with the fact that the pager hasn't stopped beeping than with the onset of the 'great British summer'.
posted Friday, July 03, 2009
The cheque for £3240 was the result of Rossendale Raynet disbanding and selling their assets, and will be used for the servicing, replacement or enhancement of our current communications facilities.
posted Monday, June 15, 2009
Team members spent the day at Tesco Haslingden on Saturday 18 April, to raise awareness of their role in the community.
posted Thursday, April 30, 2009