One of our team members, Andy Cramp, is raising funds for the team in May by partaking in the Fred Whitton cycling event. It’s a very tough day at 112 miles and over 3500m of ascent, so Andy will need all the advance encouragement he can get! If you’d like Read more
Please drop in at the Market Hall in Egremont…. lots of lovely things on offer to raise funds for the team.
It’s not £208.20? OH YES IT IS!! Big thanks go again to Gosforth Amateur Dramatic Society – GADS for raising a great sum for us during their recent production of Cinderella. The generosity of Gosforth folk and beyond is much appreciated. We hope they had a lot of fun raising Read more
Wasdale MRT is delighted to have been awarded £75,497 by the Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership. This will enable the team to buy its fourth emergency vehicle kitted out with blue lights, casualty care and radio communications equipment. The vehicle will respond to the ever-increasing number of 999 callouts that Read more
Saturday 24th September saw a gloriously bright and breezy day at the Eskdale show. The cream of local Herwick flocks were there for this historic national competition and an Eskdale farmer won best in show which was wonderful. WMRT occupied a prime position and saw lots of visitors and shoppers Read more
On Monday 13th June, an incredibly generous cheque for £800 was presented to the team by Mr Bob Smith and his grandson Dexter. Bob organised a charity tournament for the Egremont Pool League in May and raised a huge amount of money which he divided between several emergency services. We’re Read more
Last Friday, Fiona Roberts and Terry Wake presented a cheque to the team on behalf of Drigg and Carleton Gala. It’s a popular community event which they have run every year until the pandemic took hold. The cheque was for £100 collected in 2018 so the presentation has been much Read more
We are fundraising for Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team this Friday 18th March and we will be running the refreshments stall at Egremont Farmer’s Market 9.30am – 12.30pm which is in the Market Hall just off the Main Street ( lots of other lovely crafts and home produce stall etc there also) Read more
Members of the team were delighted and humbled to meet up once more with Allan and Marie Brown. The Brown family and friends have been huge supporters of the team since they tragically lost their son Chris to a fall on Scafell Pike in 2019 and we helped to recover Read more
Some of our members were out and about in Whitehaven & Egremont today fundraising for the team. It was great to meet you all on our annual flag day and, as always we appreciate your support! A fantastic £2,162.26 was raised in total. Thanks to the Egremont Crab Fair & World Read more
On Saturday 13th of November the Brown family organised a fundraising event in aid of the team and in memory of Chris Brown. It was a snooker, pool and darts competition with evening entertainment and a raffle at Brigham and district social club. The fantastic sum of £1,506.30 was raised. Read more
Team Members were delighted to meet Jon Ryley and his friends at the weekend at Base. Jon has been raising money for the team during 2020 and 2021. We are very grateful for his support, and congratulate him on his achievement. Jon said: “A proud and defining moment having reached Read more
As part of Jacob’s Field Solutions behavioural safety scheme, one of their employees raised a safety observation. This was chosen as the best that month and as a result a cheque for £100 was donated to a charity of his choice. In September he chose Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team. Here Read more
A local Whitehaven based karate club kindly donated £300 to us on Thursday the 8th of July. Each year E.S.K.K. Martial Arts & Fitness donates to local charities as part of their community fund. The photo shows Neil Carrick from Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team receiving the cheque from Chris Denwood, Read more
The team would like to congratulate Marie & Bethany Brown on completing their “Walk 100 miles in May†challenge, and thank them enormously for raising money for our team through their Just Giving pages. Between them they raised an amazing £2,295 ðŸ‘Â👠with all money raised in memory of Chris Read more
Huge well done and thank you to everyone at Energus on completing your Captain Tom 100 challenge on 30 April ðŸ‘Â👠and helping to raise funds for our team, we really appreciate your support.
A couple of team members met Joe Newton together with Allan & Marie Brown at the base on 25 April. Joe had raised £1,025 for the team by completing a 53 mile ultra marathon in just under 9 hours. We are extremely grateful for this very kind donation and everyone Read more
The team was fundraising in Whitehaven and Egremont town centres on Saturday 19 December 2020. Thanks to all of you who donated!
We would like to thank Pamela Minor who bravely overcame her fear of snakes and in doing so raised £460 for the team in October 2020. Our thanks also go to Lake District Wildlife Park who facilitated the event.
Jon has been a supporter and fundraiser for our team for many years. In memory of his Mum and Dad, in September 2020, he started a challenge to walk 1,000 miles in aid of our team. If you are able to support Jon details of his Just Giving page are below. Read more