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23 Jun 2010:
Donate via our own Just Giving website:
19 Jun 2010: Sainsbury's
present the team with their total amount raised over the
past year - £10,997. Many thanks to you and to
Sainsbury's for allowing us to be their charity of
choice.
18 Jun 2010: Rob Heath
and his new dog Toohey have started Search Dog training.
Twohey is an Australian Kelpie. Check out their
23 May 2010: Over the weekend
22/23 May 10 of the team became qualified Swift Water
Rescue Technicians.
11 May 2010: An excellent
Ten Tors. Well done to all the kids who made the event
such a success. All your hard work in training has
earned you all the respect of everyone who was helping
out on the event (as they do every year). Well Done!
4 - 6 May 2010: Watch
Spotlight to see the history of Ten Tors, Dartmoor
Rescue Group and more.
1-3 May 2010: Probably
our last attendance at Sainsbury's. Check back to see
how much we raised at this and the previous couple of
weekends.
20 Apr 2010: The Bishop
of Plymouth blessed our two new vehicles on the Hoe. The
Lord Mayor of Plymouth also attended along with a
representative of the University of Plymouth. Along with
the vehicles two plaques were also blessed. these will
be placed on the moor to provide the public with
information about the team and to commemorate those
members of the team who have passed away. See the Herald
for their press release and (hopefully) pictures.
10 Apr 2010: Richard
Thorne presented RAF Chivenor pilots a framed picture of
a Seaking which was taken during a training exercise
earlier in the year.
8 Apr 2010: The Bishop of
Plymouth will bless our two vehicles on the Hoe on
Tuesday 20 April at 6.30pm.
22 Mar 2010: 3 members of
Sainsburys have raised money for the team by jumping out
of a plane on a tandem skydive! Well done to Mark, Dave
and Helen.
15 Mar 2010: another
weekend of bag packing, flower wrapping and
merchandising over! We don't know the total yet, but as
soon as we do it will be posted here.
3 Mar 2010: We will be at
Sainsbury's on 13/14 Mar wrapping your flowers for
Mothering Sunday, and we will be at Saltash on 23 May
for ESRAD - the Emergency Services Road Awareness Day.
Come and visit the show, all emergency services will be
represented.
20 Jan 2010: We will be
at Sainsbury's on 13/14 Feb.
We are
40 years old
this year.
We will be celebrating with a special 40th Anniversary
dinner soon where various presentations will be made.
Happy Anniversary to us!
Congratulations to
Matt Robertson MBE - better known as Dog Matt from
the Tavistock team - for
receiving the MBE in the New Years Honours List!
13-14 Dec 2009: Another
successful weekend of bag packing at Sainsbury's. We don't
know the full total yet, but we hope we've topped £1000. Sunday was a very
bitterly cold day with the wind blowing across the front
of the store and those selling our merchandise were
seriously thinking about moving indoors!
1 Dec 2009: On a cold and
very wet night 7 members of Sainsbury's and their
families joined us out on the moor for a Search and
Rescue Exercise. All were deployed as casualties to
three separate sites. Two groups were found by foot
teams and the third by Sunny our Search Dog. All were
treated and returned safely to the car park either by
stretcher or by a walk-off. their successful find was
celebrated by some seasonal mince pies which went down a
real treat, especially as the rain decided to abate
later in the evening. May we thank all the casualties
for turning out on such an awful night and providing us
with casualties to enable us to carry out some very
valuable training.
23 Nov 2009: 8 of the
team passed the Casualty Care Exam over the weekend and
are now qualified Casualty Carers. Well done to you all!
17 Nov 2009: A message
from Sunny our Search Dog:
Just
to let you all know that last weekend my Dad took me up
to the (not so sunny) Peak District. Just to get my own
back for leaving me all night in a cold dark van with
Springer Spaniel Scoot and not left nice and comfy under
his bed at home, I dragged him up and down these very
steep and slippery hills and crags. I totally ignored
him, for a change and found in record time lots of nice
people who played with me and with my toy. I thought he
would be rather annoyed with me but at the end of the
weekend he looked really pleased! Humans - I just don't
understand them!
And a message from Alan his dog handler:
Yep we've gone and done it and become DSRT Plymouth's
first Full Grade Search Dog and Handler! What a
relief. Sunny really did work hard, ranged well and had
some really good strikes. I understand the assessors
were really impressed. What a star!
16 Nov 2009: Details of
walks organised by one of our members is posted on the
site. Click here for details
10 Nov 2009: Bridgestone
and National Tyres present the team with £250
from their 'pose with a Formula 1 car' event back in
September. Thanks guys!
7 Nov 2009: Planning for
the next bag packing at Sainsbury's is well under way.
Visit the team over the weekend 12/13 Dec. We'll be glad
to see you!
6 Nov 2009: Sainsbury's
HR Manager Jackie rang me today to say that a committee
of all the Sainsbury's Store managers voted to give us
half of £5000 which we will share with another
charity. This means another donation of
£1250. Excellent
news to round off a great week!
4 Nov 2009: Sainsbury's
Regional Colleagues Council present the team with a
cheque for £3000 as a result of all the bag packing the
team has done recently at the store at Marsh Mills. The
presentation took place at Lee Moor Church Hall. Handy Landy
and some team members were there and
the Sainsbury's staff all had a good look around it and saw a
demonstration of a stretcher being loaded on board. Many
thanks once again!
4 Nov 2009: Alan and
Search Dog Sunny get a callout to Maker, but are stood
down on arrival. Details on callout page.
18 Oct 2009: Our Land Rover gets a name -
Handy Landy. There will be an official naming ceremony.
Details to follow.
16 Oct 2009: A total of
£1149.66 was raised at
Sainsbury's. Many thanks to you the public for
continuing to support the team.
4 Oct 2009. The team were supporting the Abbots Way
walk today. Everything went well with no reported
problems.
3 Oct 2009: The team was active in Sainsbury's again
bag packing and selling merchandise.
28 Sep 2009:
Plymstock Road Runners donated
£300 to the team
from their annual race The Duckponds 7km Race.
25 Sep 2009: We have recently been given a
£500 grant
from HF
Holidays towards the cost of buying the team reflective
rucksack covers. This equipment will help make us much
more visible both on the hill and in the city, and who
knows, it might even keep our kit dry! A big thanks to HF
Holidays and Bill Ecclestone for their help and support.
20 Sep 2009: Another successful Lych Way Walk.
Although the numbers were down, the walk will still
generate much needed funds for the team.
10 Sep 2009: The team receive some cards from the
children of Dunstone Primary School.
6 Sep 2009:
The total we raised
over the whole weekend has been amended to
£2937.
Well done to everyone who helped out.
3 Sep
2009: Alan and Search Dog
Sunny have 2 callouts. See the
callout page for more info.
Bank Holiday weekend 29-31 August 2009: The team are
in action again at Sainsbury's:
 
20 August 2009: Both our new Search Management
Control Van and Land Rover have their new signage
completed.
19 August 2009: The team now has its own official
postal address. For postal enquiries please use this
address:
Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team (Plymouth)
PO Box 269
Plymouth
PL5 9AT
26 July 2009. Latest callout. Click
here for more info.
19 July 2009: Lots of walkers take part in the
Midnight Madness Walk from Walkhampton Hall.
Over 1500 pounds raised.
5 July 2009: The team has just taken delivery of a second hand Land Rover
from Kendal MR team. We look forward to taking it on
its first callout.
4 July 2009: During the weekend the team went to Sainsbury's
to secure their sponsorship deal with the supermarket
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