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Friday, 20 January 2023 09:46

2 new 4-legged members

We are now proud to welcome two new team members, brother and sister Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Amber and Binnie (aka Bill). They passed rigorous assessment, searching five areas on mountains in the Lake District over the last three days.
Throughout their intensive training they have shown what a huge asset they will be on call-outs, and it is the first time we have had dogs on our team in over fifteen years.
Congratulations
to their handlers Paula Holbrook and Chris Tuckett, who have continued with their other team responsibilities in addition to the demands of search dog training locally on #dartmoor three times a week and nationally in UK mountainous regions for three days a month.
Thank you to team members and other volunteers, in particular Pete Sherman, for countless hours hiding waiting to be found. In reality, it is these brave 'bodies' that train and motivate the dogs to find.
All 4 newly qualified search dogs in the region featured on BBC Spotlight recently - here's a video of the report
Published in News
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 09:21

A Big Noise for Charity

A Big Noise for Charity

Big Noise Chorus, Ashburton’s new pop and rock choir, brought their fantastic foot-stomping concert of popular classics to the Methodist Church in Ashburton with songs from Ben E. King to Amy Winehouse and Queen.

The concert raised over £500 for team funds that will go towards helping those in need and effectively help to save lives.  Some of our volunteers gave a demonstration of some of the equipment we use along with a brief talk on the sort of work we do.

Big Noise Chorus cheque presentation to Ashburton charity Dartmoor Search and Rescue

Big Noise cheque presentation

Big Noise Chorus is a network of 4 community pop/rock choirs around the South West raising money for charity with their highly popular concerts which are renowned for their fun, inclusive and high quality approach to community choirs.  Colin Rea, the choirs’ founder and conductor said “It is a real privilege to be able to support such excellent charitable work in the area. Over the past 6 years our choirs have raised over £65,000 for various charities, many of them local. It is incredibly exciting to be able to use our music-making to put back into the community and support such excellent causes.”

The choir goes from strength to strength and new members are always very welcome. No audition necessary. For more information go to their website www.bignoisechorus.co.uk.

Published in Fundraising news
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