Hundreds of Bibles have been given away by members of the PBCC in Bognor. On Friday, Brethren visited Bishop Tufnell CE Junior School in Felpham to donate a free Bible to every child in the school of 360 pupilsaged from 7 to 11. Doug McIntyre of PBCC had offered Bibles to Shane Morton, Headmaster at […]
Colour Me Rad (CMR) is a not for profit organisation which organises 5 kilometre races all over the world which are packed with fun and lots of colour!! In Scotland CMR has teamed up with Cash for Kids (CFK) to which all profits are given. CFK’s is a charity set up in the UK to […]
Bluebell Wood is a Children’s Hospice which provides care and support to families who have a child or young person with a shortened life expectancy and is not expected to live into adulthood. The 2nd May saw over 2700 runners gather at Rother Valley Country Park to participate in the annual Bluebell Wood Colour Dash […]
On Saturday 9th May 2,500 runners arrived at the Lincolnshire showground to take part in this family focused fundraing colour dash to raise money for St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice – the first ever colour dash to be held in Lincolnshire! St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice is a charity dedicated to caring for people who are suffering […]
A large fire broke out just before 1pm on Wednesday inside a busy restaurant on the Queen’s Quay in the riverfront area of Londonderry. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service quickly declared the blaze as a ‘major incident’ leading to the area being cordoned off and residents in adjoining flats complex being evacuated. At its […]
Run for All is a charity event where youngsters taking part in the runs are encouraged to raise a small amount of money for a local cause or for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Proceeds from the event will also be supporting St Andrew’s Children’s Hospice, Grimsby. RRT arrived in two teams at the Yarborough Leisure […]
Fifteen exhausted firefighters and one mannequin collapsed at the base of the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth! They had just walked over twelve miles (not the mannequin – more on that later) to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity and Football for Cancer. Firefighters from several stations over Portsmouth organised the sponsored walk to raise […]
On Wednesday 1st April at 5:45pm the Andover Rapid relief Team were called by Hampshire fire and rescue. Eighty firefighters were battling a blaze at a thatched cottage in Longparish – some had been working for nearly five hours in intense conditions without a bite to eat – would the RRT please attend? Of course! […]
Spring officially began on the 20th March this year – it’s now time to get outside, sweep up the dead leaves, maybe even cut the grass and start doing work in the garden again. At least, that was what one resident of Horndean thought earlier this week. On the 1st April (and no this wasn’t […]
The emergency planning unit for the North East approached the Rapid Relief Team during 2014 asking for help and services on a pre-planned Emergency Evacuation Exercise, this was following the extensive work and labour carried out by RRT during and after the floods in 2013 which spread across many parts of England forcing hundreds of […]
