THE congregations of two local churches have shown their generosity by helping to raise hundreds of vital pounds for our heroes of the hills.
St Chad’s Church in Uppermill and Kilngreen Church in Diggle held collections and a coffee morning to generate funds for Oldham Mountain Rescue Team (OMRT).
Volunteers from OMRT met with members of St Chad’s Church last weekend to receive a cheque for £440.73.
OMRT leader Rob Tortoishell said: “We’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to every member of both church congregations and to all those who attended the coffee morning for their valued support.
“The generous support of the community helps us to remain operational.”
OMRT, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, provides an essential and life-saving service to local people 365 days a year but is funded almost entirely by the generosity of public donations.
Find out how you can support OMRT at https://omrt.org
“The Heroes of the Hills,” again; seriously ?
Not that I’m denigrating the good and useful work that they sometimes do and particularly since they’re volunteers. I’m really not.
But the picture of bearded people abseiling down Indian Head to rescue a stranded hikers is a long way from the reality of them turning up at the site of an “incident,” doing a careful risk assessment and as often as not calling in a helicopter.
The fact that it isn’t particularly, Heroic,” at all does not any way detract from the value of the service they provide from my genuine regard for it.
OK if if I ever need them I’m probably screwed now ?