The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust in Harlow have set on a great scheme called Final Friday events for all staff and contractors – this is held on the last Friday of every month during the summer. These events are held to raise funds for the capital purchases of the hospital, like scanners etc. The first […]
RRT were delighted once again to be involved in one of the biggest annual fundraising events for the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Bluebell Wood’s specialist Care Team offers a wide range of specialist services for the whole family including respite care, day care and hospice at home. The Hospice needs to […]
RRT volunteers took up the initiative on 25 March 2016 in the Parish of Standon to improve the litter bin facilities within the area. The Parish of Standon is located on the Greenwich Meridian line, some 25 miles north of London, UK, and includes the rural villages of Standon, Puckeridge and Colliers End. Some of […]
Portsmouth RRT were pleased to be asked to support the 2016 annual Horndean to Southsea sponsored walk by firemen in aid of the Fire Fighters Charity. This gruelling 13 mile walk takes place every year to raise money for firefighters and their families across the UK who have suffered bereavement or life changing incidents whilst […]
On 13th April 2016, 15 organisations who make up the Joint Emergency Services Group (JSEG) took part in a major exercise called Exercise Polygon. Exercise Polygon replicated many different water rescue scenarios, including people trapped in homes in a flooded city, animal rescues, and people trapped in cars. Various locations were used, with simulated rescues […]
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 […]
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 […]
