Fundraising for the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team and how you can help...

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Holme Valley Team - funding and fundraising

Fundraising through supermarket collections

Mountain Rescue in this country is free of charge to all. Mountain Rescue Teams, including Holme Valley, are not recognised as statutory emergency Services. Therefore the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team (as with all other civilian Mountain Rescue Teams) relies completely on voluntary contributions from the public and discretionary grants to fund outgoings. The Team receives no automatic Government or Local Authority funding. For this reason the Holme Valley Team has Registered Charitable status (Charity No. 1015532) and is a Company Limited by Guarantee (No 2764292).

Also of note each Member of the Holme Valley Team is an unpaid volunteer, receiving no expenses and giving their time for training and rescues free of charge. They also provide their own personal equipment, often at considerable cost.

Fundraising - why and how we do this

Replacing equipment and servicing, repairs, fuel, insurance, administration etc. all costs money. The following are typical annual costs for key items.

Insurance Policy for the Holme Valley Team £618.45
Headquarters' annual rent £1,175
Cylinder rental (Medical gases) £260.40
Team vehicle insurance £1,800.00
Fuel for vehicles £204.67
Ongoing medical equipment/materials costs £707.00.

This is over £3660.00 before we buy any new equipment. The true annual running costs for the average year are in the order of £6000. This price continues to rise year on year.

The money required to keep the Team running is raised through our own fundraising events, street collections and by assisting at many community events. All achieved through the hard work of the Team members, their families and friends. Capital costs are met by discretionary grant applications.

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Ink cartridge recycling
Street and Supermarket collections
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Ongoing fundraising efforts

The Holme Valley Team collects and recycles printer and toner cartridges to raise funds and protect the environment. Please ask around your office and friends and send them on to us!
The collection point for these is at our Team Headquarters (Emergency House). If you have any to give for the Team visit the Contact us page and send us a message to arrange collection.

Street and Supermarket collections

Look out for the collecting box labels

For 2008 The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team has the following collections planned.

The next ones are...
1st and 2nd August at Huddersfield Tesco Supermarket
10th October at Batley's Tesco Superstore
29th November, Huddersfield Town Centre street collection

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The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team invites you to support our work by making a secure on-line donation. If you wish to do this click the 'GiveNow' button on the right.
This will take you to a new page where you will be able to make a secure donation directly to the Holme Valley Team.

Or if you have a CAF CharityCard, or wish to get one, you can click the link to the right to make a donation.

All the Holme Valley Team Members would like to thank you for your time and support whichever method you choose to make your donation.

The GuideStar link will tell you all you need to know about our charitable status.

Fundraising News

Forest Farm Barbecue & Barn Dance 2008

This is our annual major fundraising and fun event. This year it will be held on Saturday 5th July. As usual, it was at Forest Farm, Mount Road, Marsden. Music was provided by the host's band - The Fusspots supported by guest performers to dance to.

Previous years have experienced wet and windy weather through to fine, dry, warm evenings. Whatever the weather the event will be provided with adequate cover and a fantastic evening of entertainment. It will be a great evening with a mix of great food, great music and a great night out which a quality raffle. The highlight of previous events has been a dance and music display by the Zulus.

The event raises over a £1000 for the Holme Valley Team funds. Tickets are available through the Holme Valley Team by the 'contact us' link.

Other donations and assistance

PC World in Huddersfield have assited with a substancial discount on a laptop computer and printer. This will be used to develop the GPS and digital mapping capability to assist in the search process on Team call-outs.

The Holme Valley Team would like to thank the Colne Valley Lions who back in Feb 2005 confirmed that they would fund the purchase of a new Bell Tangent Stretcher. This is a stainless steel stretcher that will replace one of our older stretchers that is nearing the end of its serviceable life.
The money donated by the Colne Valley Lions together with a subsidy grant from the Mountain Rescue Council met the £2000.00 cost of this stretcher.

The Holme Valley Team presented with the new stretcher being presented

Colne Valley Lions presenting the new Bell Tangent stretcher.