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Tall PC

18/07/2011 at 17:14

Totally agree with making a donation to MRT but please remember the smaller and less well resourced teams all around the country. Not saying L&AMRT aren't worth donating to but in the Lakes there are some other teams that don't have the same resources. You can find out about them from the LDSAMRA website I think.

Tall PC

18/07/2011 at 17:14

LDSAMRA

GOF

18/07/2011 at 17:27

Or...just go central

Mountain Rescue England and Wales

that way every team gets a bit

Slioch

18/07/2011 at 19:23

It's not about the money, or how it's raised: every team, everywhere in the UK is composed of dedicated, professional women and men who do all this for nothing. And then go to work. And then get up and go out and do it all again. The cash matters, but is an insignificant factor compared with that sort of commitment.

Tall PC

20/07/2011 at 11:12

What I find interesting is the level of commitment of the trainees too. The MRT that covers the area I live in (not the closest HQ though) has a training period of IIRC 12 or 18 months. During that time you are expected to go to all but one of their training nights and there is a whole list of other must do's too. All that before they can go on the full call out list. They can help on call outs before the full qualified status but there are limitations. Then once fully qualified they don't have quite as strict requirements on them.

Anyway, I think all full team members and trainees have a high degree of commitment as do their employers. I have been interested in MRT and even looked into it but in my case the support is not there from my employers. Without employer support MRT would not have as many team members.That will have a cost too.

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