As you will probably know, the team is a charity. All our members are volunteers and we rely on donations to fund our work.  Currently we have a number of individuals who are undertaking various activities  to raise donations for the team via Just Giving. These individuals are : Kathy Finkel  who is walking The Flowers of Suffolk  100 miles…

On Monday 21st April, a few members will be present at Redcar Races to collect donations to fund the activities of the team. This year, being our 60th year , one of the races has been donated in recognition of the service we provide to the community.. The race at 1430 has been named “Celebrating 60 Years of Cleveland Mountain…

Anyone interested in doing the Lyke Wake Walk this summer and supporting Cleveland Mountain Rescue team, then Kathy Finkel is planning to lead a walk on Saturday 23rd August. Kathy is a mountain leader and the recommended guide for the Lyke Wake Walk from the Lyke Wake Walk Club. All proceeds raised will go to the team. There will be…

Kathy Finkel, a local mountain leader and a guide for the Lyke Wake Walk is doing the Long Distance Walkers Association flagship event in late May ,The Flower of Suffolk Hundred. 100 miles in 48 hours. Those who know Kathy, know how passionate she is about walking and the LDWA. For this event, Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team is her nominated…

Five members of Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team travelled to Pinkston Watersports in Glasgow at the weekend to participate in the NESRA (North East Search and Rescue Association) run Vehicle in Water training and qualification. Members worked through a series of workshops and scenarios, in a variety of water depths and speeds, to highlight the hazards associated when working with vehicles…

Meet our new Support Team members, Tracy, Mike, Mary, Lorna, Paul & Chris (not pictured).  They joined as prospective Support Team members a year ago and have successfully completed prospective and probationary periods to become full members. During this period they were involved in various training sessions (equipment familiarisation, Basic Life Support & driving of team vehicles) along with various…

That’s it over for another year ! This year’s event was using Ingelby Arncliffe as the base with the route covering the north western area of the North York Moors. A distance of approx. 25 miles taking  over 150 participants over to the Black Hambleton area , Whorlton/Snilesworth  Moors, Carlton Bank and down to Faceby/Swainby areas. The weather could have…

ENTRIES OPEN for The Whalebones Walk 2025. Only five weeks till the event on Sunday 4th May 2025 Thank you to Errington Primary School for hosting us once again and Skelton Coaches for providing our transport to the start line See you there https://clevelandmrt.org.uk/event/whalebones-2025

On Sunday, 16th March 2025, a small contingent of Cleveland Mountain Rescue personnel were invited to take one of our Land Rovers to Staithes RNLI station so that we could do a 'show and tell' to share each others' expertise. We split into groups and were shown the station, rescue boat and our Land Rover.  We demonstrated each others' rescue equipment and shared how each team operated. …

Less than 7 days till entries close at 12 noon on Saturday 22nd March. Event date :Saturday 29th March The 2025 Survival marks the 60th anniversary Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team and the 40th anniversary of The Survival . To celebrate both occasions, a little momento will be given to all finishers. Remember that the location of the event and joining…