charity calendar - update

Can I make a suggestion Mark?

Why not collaborate with an existing and well established initiative hereabouts?

Posh Ted

Ted could appear in all the shots with the motors (and, obviously, the wimin) - may take a little co-ordination, however, this would also make the calendar less of an overty 'garage wall' affair. Soften it down so to speak.

Ted also has an established and agreed two nominated charity beneficiaries, a very decent website and a ready market.

I know this would mean you'd partially lose ownership of the project, however it may make sense to assess the target for the product and place it within an established framework.

Just a thought.

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My view, quite simple, their loss!

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Just don't forget it!

Vote me in for RNLI too - I was a volunteer for them years ago when I spent some time in the UK.

Volunteers again but I'm not sure there is a national support charity.

Ah the RNLI... B-)

Mark,

Tough luck and I agree f**k em all, but please don't lose heart and carry on with the project.

I notice a lot of you are saying RNLI, good cause and all heroes.

I am intrigued why Mountain Rescue & Lowland SAR has a hard time in getting recognition as a deserving charity. We too are volunteers and get no money from anyone except public donations. My team in Bolton

always gets the where are the mountains in Bolton, but the RNLI collecting box gets more money when Bolton is 40 miles from the nearest sea.

I would suggest my team, but a donation to Mountain Rescue - England & Wales would allow all teams to carry on receiving central training funding and limited equipment purchases, such as rope and stretcher.

I really really would like to know why RNLI always appears above MR when in esscence we are the same, volunteers and get only public donations. Has the RNLI really got that better PR ?

Dave

96 Disco and access to 4 x 110 MR Ambulances :)

I already intended throwing 50% to MacMillan Cancer Relief via Posh Ted.

Regards. Mark.

Given where we use 4X4 vehicles, SAR seems an ideal donation to me too.

Steve

My suggestion wasn't about the money - per se, more the branding and positioning of the project and product.

By the way, I'm not in Leeds... :-)

Can't see a 300Tdi fitting through the letter box ...

;)

Dave H came up with the following;:

You make an excellent argument for MR receiving the readies .. ;)

Yes.

There is NO National Lottery funding for MRT's, we dont rescue enough ethnics, disabled or disadvantged people !! and thats an offical Lottery policy !

Ah No, that will be ALSAR

Dave

Hey I saw nothing in the small print about S & M......

Lee D

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Well at least you get some central funding. Lowland Search and rescue gets nothing at the moment.

Lost and freezing to death would make one both 'a minority' and 'disadvantaged' you would think....

Sheffield and Manchester?

Sorry Hugh that's fighting talk where we come from. That's is not correct.

Which ALSAR unit are you in ? Ask them for the DoT report into UKSAR infact email me at dh @ boltonmrt dot org uk and I'll send it to you.

Both ALSAR and MR were interviewed by the DoT Select committee and they looked into funding amongst other things. Admittedly MR has been lobbying Parliament for years to try and get Government funding on a par with what the Scottish teams get each year, possibly before ALSAr was even formed and this year it drew to a almost nice conclusion until the DoT got involved !! Now it could be back to square one again. I personally think that what ever MR get ALSAR will get as well for government.

We still have to stand on a corner at weekends shaking a tin, write begging letters to people, just like I'm sure you do to.

Dave

Who mentioned that national lottery? Read what I wrote "a national support charity", ie a national organisation that raises funds to distribute amongst all the many individual MR teams.

Thanks for enlightening me. How does LSAR and MR fit in with the volunteer Mines Rescue teams?