https://vimeo.com/504104161 Just a few days after an ITV crew visited our Base this time it was the turn of BBC Look North (NE & Cumbria) to talk to us but this time via Zoom! Our Public Relations Officer, Gary Clarke, spoke to Peter Harris from Look North about the impact of COVID-19 on the Team's work and in particular the…

We recently spoke to Faye Dixon from Living North Magazine about our work and the challenges faced by all mountain rescue teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Colleagues from two other Teams - Northumberland National Park MRT and Teesdale and Weardale Search & MRT - also took part. The article will appear in the February 2021 edition of the magazine. It…

The Team was on standby overnight (Friday 22nd January 2021, into Saturday morning) to support Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team and their partner agencies with a flooding incident at Norton near Malton. We had identified a Water Response Team consisting of 13 Team members to deploy across to Norton if necessary. Thankfully we were not needed as the flooding…

As with many charities our normal fundraising activities are at a virtual standstill due to the COVID-19 restrictions. By now we should have attended eight significant fundraising events this year (with others provisionally scheduled) but the majority of these had to be cancelled leading to a significant funding shortfall for the Team. Local funding bodies have responded positively to our…

This week has seen a huge hike in requests for our service. We need help with raising funds to cover our core running costs so that as a Team we can continue to respond to our search and rescue Call-Outs and maintain our community support work. Our traditional fundraising methods have been massively affected by COVID-19 and as such we…

We are now one-week into our crowd funding appeal to raise £2,000. Our traditional fundraising methods have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions and so we are having to think of alternative ways to raise funds in order to continue to provide our normal level of service. Hence, this crowd funding appeal in partnership with the Aviva Community Fund.…

Members of the Team have been deployed yesterday and today collecting and delivering bulk PPE supplies for Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to be used within their care services. This voluntary work forms part of our commitment to support the local community during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Using our Mercedes GLC (on-loan from Mercedes-Benz of Teesside) with our water / flood rescue trailer…

Following last Thursday's collection of bulk PPE supplies for Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, our Team members have been continuing this vital voluntary work. Supporting the local community during the COVID-19 pandemic is a natural extension of our core search & rescue role, whilst we have the temporary capacity to do so. In recent days we've been distributing smaller quantities of…

Just over two-years ago Mercedes-Benz of Teesside provided the Team with an on-loan Mercedes GLC 4x4. Since then the car has been a huge help to us - by transporting our search dogs, supporting our search & rescue operations and as a key resource for our support members’ fundraising activities. In recent weeks the car has been at the forefront of our…

We are always keen to celebrate extra special contributions made by individuals to the Team. Fifteen-year old old Emily Beedle is one such person and in fact the reason why we have introduced our new 'Gold Blue Peter Badge' style award. Working with local artist Madebymattk we commissioned these handcrafted pucks to say 'thank you'. We have to say they are fabulous,…