Its not just top fashion and fresh food that has appeared in Buxton’s Marks and Spencer this summer but a smart little red BMRT collection box is now at every check-out.
Thanks to the marvelous generosity of the staff at the famous Buxton Spring Gardens branch, the team is being allowed to collect in the store all summer long.   And that’s not all!  
As part of a national “100 days of fundraising” Marks & Spencer staff all over the country will be trying to raise cash for local …

Thanks to the generosity of visitors to the 2010 Buxworth Wells Dressing, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team has benefited from a donation of £300.

Each year three wells around the village are dressed with flower petals pressed onto boards of clay making elaborate colourful pictures.   Money raised from donations is passed onto a different charity each year.  This time the Buxworth Well Dressing Team decided on Buxton Mountain Rescue following the busy winter the rescue team had responding to non-mountain incidents in the severe snow conditions.…

The rescue team extends a really big thank-you to Eileen and Peter Blane for hosting a special garden event at their home on Temple Road, Buxton.

“Afternoon Tea in the Garden” on 3rd July was held as part of the Buxton United Reform Church’s 200 Year Celebrations and a fine day encouraged plenty of visitors.  The event was to raise money for both Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and Blythe House Hospice.  Generous donations raised over £150 for the rescue team as visitors wandered around the garden full of unusual plants and shrubs.

Many thanks to Mr & Mrs Blane for another great …

A small group of students attending Macclesfield College has raised an amazing £680 for the rescue team.

The group of students, all with special learning needs, are participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and decided to raise money for a charity as part of the Service section of the award.  The students sometimes go walking in Macclesfield Forest and Teggs Nose and wanted to help those who might get injured in the area and the local mountain rescue team seemed an obvious choice.

Team member, Fiona Thompson, went to visit the group in …

On the 6th May two Reliant Robins left Chinley on a sponsored run to John O’Groats raising money for Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team.

Magnificent local sponsorship from both the public and private companies raised an amazing £8,400. This is to be shared between the two charities. Peter Corbett, event organiser, was able to proudly present the cheques at the annual Emergency Services Day .

It took just ten hours to complete the trip to John O’Groats but took months of organising and fundraising …

The practical crag rescue demonstrations at the annual Emergency Services Day is only possible with the cooperation and generosity of local firm, High Peak Scaffolding of  Waterswallows, Buxton.

For many years the company has supplied and erected a special tower free of charge for the team to display its skills.  This year was an additional challenge as, because of a wedding being held in Pavillion Gardens on the day before the event, construction of the tower could not start until the Sunday morning which meant …

The 13th annual Emergency Services Day took place at Pavilion Gardens in Buxton on Sunday 13th June and attracted thousands of visitors.  All aspects of the 999 services were represented mixing both the professionals and volunteers.

Buxton Rescue Team was there in strength with both static and active displays.  As part of the recent recruitment campaign team members were keen to explain to the role of mountain rescue in the community and the commitment and skills needed to become an operational member.   The …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team received a cheque for £500 from the High Peak Lodge of Freemasons No: 1952. The Lodge meets in Buxton with members from the surrounding areas including Buxton, Chapel, Whaley Bridge and Tideswell.

The Lodge runs a charitable fund which is financed by regular donations from its members and social events. Its members can suggest any local voluntary charitable organisation to support and on this occasion chose the Buxton Mountain Rescue Team. An additional cheque for £250 was received from the Derbyshire County Charity Committee of Freemasons, as applied for by the High Peak Lodge.

Ian Hurst, Chairman said …

Buxton search dogs will once again be attending an event to meet & greet and to explain to visitors the work of the Peak District Search & Rescue Dog Association teams.  Along with other SARDA Teams from the Peak they will be giving demonstrations of their work at regular intervals in the ring.

Billed as ‘The Ulti-Mutt Day Out’, Dogs Unleashed is packed full of doggy-activities and the organisers are hoping to help out many canine charities by raising awareness and …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team Search Dogs will be at the National Trust Family Countryside Fair being held at Dunscar Farm, Castleton, Hope Valley (S33 8WA) this WhitSun weekend.

The National Trust High Peak Estate stretches from the heather-clad moors of Kinder to the gritstone tors of Derwent Edge, and from the peat bogs of Bleaklow to the limestone crags of Winnats Pass. The wild Pennine moorlands are of international importance for their populations of breeding birds and mosaic of habitats. Sites of particular interest include Mam Tor, with spectacular views, landslip and …