Our primary concern is fundraising. All Search and Rescue teams that are part of Mountain Rescue England & Wales (MREW) are charities whose team members are unpaid volunteers.
We help by running our stand at country fairs and events around the team's area, laying out and maintaining letterbox walks and running the occasional pub quiz or coffee morning. We help with the vast paperwork involved in obtaining grants and awards and assist at carnivals. We are sometimes used as casualties during training exercises, which might involve acting out an injury, being carried on a stretcher, or hiding from a search dog (don't worry, they always find us).
We also stand in the street with collecting tins.
We meet monthly at the team’s HQ but the main work is done around the vast area which the team covers.
We only ask that you give the time you can spare. We all have busy lives and no one is expected to attend every event or meeting.
Basic familiarity training is given on equipment so we can answer most questions asked at events and shows, but there is usually a team member around to help.
We are always on the look-out for new ideas and skills, so you could play a part in moving the group forward and developing your own projects.