This week is the 37th annual Volunteers Week and as we also enter a new month let's hope our volunteer Team members aren't as busy in June as we have been up to now! We attended 20 call-outs in April and May combined. Although we occasionally reach double figures in one month we actually attended 10 in each of those…

It's the start of the meteorological summer and also time to reveal the June photo from our 2021 Calendar! A slightly different type of landscape this month with this shot of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge highlighting the region's industrial connections. Very aptly the calendar sponsor for June is the Zetland Group Limited - a planning, safety and environmental consultancy specialising…

On Friday 28th May 202, it was our pleasure to 'start off' and thank the competitors of the Hardmoors Ultra and Trail Series 160 from Sutton Bank National Park Centre. The route of the Hardmoors 160 ‘The Ring Of Steele’ Ultramarathon heads East along the Cleveland Way to Helmsley. Leaving Helmsley the route continues east across the moors following the…

Thank you to Mercedes-Benz of Teesside for their continued assistance in providing our Support Vehicle (Viking 4) as a loan vehicle free of charge supporting many functions of the team. It is often used to allow our Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England trainees travel around the country for training or for our community assist projects throughout the year but this…

This week the team has recieved a kind donation of £105 via the National Trails Officer at North York Moors National Park. Thank you to the National Park for recognising our important role in the area. The wider donation is shared with Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team and comes from the proceeds made selling specially produced Joe Cornish cards…

We’ve already had four call-outs so far in May - three of them coming in the space of just 24-hours over the last weekend. That brings us to 28 call-outs to date this year plus 9 other incidents where the Team has undertaken work on behalf of the emergency services and other agencies. It’s looking like a busy year for…

Mountain Rescue England & Wales have published their Annual Review. Contains lots of interesting information about what Teams are asked to deal with, plus some facts and figures and features on particular activities. It's available for free online as a Flip Book by clicking here. Cleveland MRT are featured on page 17 (about flooding in the area) and on page…

This month's photo from our 2021 Calendar was taken in Newton Wood below Roseberry Topping. It was sponsored by SA Fitness who offer beginners running groups, social running groups and 1-to-1 buddy sessions. Many thanks to Sarah from SA Fitness for sponsoring this year's calendar. All of the photos for this year were supplied by Team members and we will…

During the final week of April 2021 our Support Team, with the continued support of Mercedes-Benz of Teesside, using 'Viking 4' our on-loan Mercedes GLB, assisted in the latest delivery collaboration project. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council had gifted 56 iPads across their Care Home estate to enable all care homes in the Borough to have one iPad per every…

Many thanks to MaD Races for their donation of £134 following the recent 'Swainby Sweep' race. Unfortunately owing to weather conditions and a snow warning they had to change their intended long course and did a double loop of a better sheltered, shorter course instead. Thanks again to all involved for the donation! Check out their website for the results…