Saturday 19th March saw volunteers from Doncaster and Sheffield Rapid Relief Teams join forces to help clear up the streets of North & South Anston, Yorkshire. This was just one of more than 80 events organised by the RRT throughout the streets of England, in support of the Clean for the Queen campaign. This is […]
The Stafford RRT were called when a large fire at an industrial cleaning company caused explosions and sent fireballs into the air over Stafford. Witnesses described seeing barrels of oil being launched into the air as the blaze tore through Global Hygiene, on Astonfields Industrial Estate. The company said the blaze broke out in a […]
Danny Crowley is the manager at Leonard Stocks centre in Torquay which is run by the Shekinah Mission for homeless people in Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. It has 24 rooms and has staff manning the centre 24 hours per day. RRT got in contact with Danny at the centre to find ways to support him […]
It was 2.30pm on a typical cloudy March day, when a fire broke out at EMR, a scrap merchant in Clarel Avenue, near Adderley Park Station. It rapidly spread until it engulfed 800 tonnes of metal, plastic and rubber recycling waste, pouring toxic fumes and smoke into the atmosphere, which the wind carried in a […]
The Simon Community held its 32nd Annual Fun Run in the beautiful surroundings of the Phoenix Park in Dublin on October 3rd 2015. The 5-mile route caters for both professional and amateur runners, with the charity inviting running clubs, school groups, corporate teams, family groups and friends to take part. With almost 1,200 energetic participants, […]
On the 23rd February a major search operation got under way to find three people missing after a building at Didcot Power Station collapsed and left one person dead. The former coal-fired power station was turned off in 2013, after 43 years in service, and demolition work had been taking place, in view of a […]
The RRT took part once again in the yearly ‘Bag It, Beat It’ campaign for the BHF (British Heart Foundation), collecting an outstanding 12,690 bags full of saleable clothes and goods. This will bring £100,000’s of revenue to BHF stores. ‘Bag It, Beat It’ is a nationwide campaign run by the British Heart Foundation allowing […]
Saturday afternoon 9th January at 14:30 a member of the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) was driving through Milton Combe in Devon. Milton Combe is an 18th Century village in a hollow with steep hills on three sides known as ‘Village in a hollow’ when they noticed anxious residents sand-bagging around their properties. After speaking to […]
Plymouth RRT joined the Plymouth Soup Run, serving 40 homeless persons with sandwiches, pasties, hot chocolate, coffee and soup. Food was served in 5 locations around Plymouth throughout the evening which was enjoyed by all, including 2 dogs who also turned up for their share of the sausage rolls on offer! RRT were also able […]
The final round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) blasted in to Newtown on Friday 13th November to break the day up between its gruelling 6 rally stages in the famous dark damp Welsh forests. The streets were closed off so that the rally teams could stop off for lunch and have a tyre […]
