Has anyone heard of the Benefact Group? Well, did you know the Benefact Group, charitable giving is at the heart of what they do. They are an international family of specialist financial services companies that give all available profits to charity and good causes. I bet you cant guess who’s been nominated…. *Spoiler alert* WE HAVE!

We are honored and humbled to have been nominated but now we need YOUR help! The more nominations we receive, the more chances we have of being chosen by …

We are a day late for posting out our “Finish on a high Friday” but this can be a Stand out Saturday! What a story to stand out! Chris Rushworth is going to be completing the London Marathon this year and is dedicating his efforts to Buxton Mountain Rescue.

This is a personal choice for Chris, as his Grandad Peter Farrer was an Operational Team member with over 40 years service. His dedication was …

We’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of people over the past few weeks.

Pictured here, some of our team accepted a cheque from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire Freemasons at their Community Awards Ceremony last week.  Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was just one of nearly 20 local charities gratefully being acknowledged by the Freemasons.  We are most grateful for the support of the Pheonix Lodge of St Ann who proposed the team for the award and who have also made a separate donation from the lodge charity fund.

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Old meets New – hopefully they will be working together in the future
 
With the help of Pure magazine’s campaign, a number of generous people who donated through our website and all manner of kind folk, including a significant donation from Derbyshire County Councillor Jim Perkins’s Community Fund, we have surpassed our own expectations and have raised enough funds to procure two operational drones for use in of search and rescue with Buxton Mountain Rescue Team.
 
Initially these drones will be used entirely for training. A couple of months ago we …

We have often marvelled at the lengths some people will go to to raise money for the team and a lady at a farm in Wincle, Cheshire joins the list of people with the most original ideas.   The lady witnessed the team in action last year when it was called to a casualty down by the River Dane. Since then she has been selling fresh eggs at the Ship Inn in the village.  As a result she has been able to donate £100 to the team from the proceeds. 

Yet another fantastic demonstration …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team has benefited from the joint brain power of six members of the Wednesday Walking Group, who are part of Congleton’s University of the Third Age. 

The Slow Walks And Late Lunches On Wednesdays (SWALLOW) group meets most Wednesdays for a six mile ramble round various parts of Cheshire, Staffordshire or Derbyshire. They entered two teams into the twice yearly quiz night which is open to all parts of the U3A.  The two teams, the Swallows and the Amazons, did battle with twenty-two other teams but it was the Swallows who took the …

The well-known high street retailer, Wilkinson, has generously donated £250. The team will put the money towards the cost of replacing and updating their rescue equipment.

Vice Chairman, Eric Needham, said, “Buxton Mountain Rescue Team is a purely voluntary organisation dependant entirely on donations. It costs over £30,000 a year to provide our service and finding this money is always difficult.

We answer approaching 70 call outs for assistance every year and pride ourselves on the high standard of care we are able to give to the people we help. …