For the last year, Harrison Drury have been raising money for Kendal MRT. We very much appreciate their efforts, and were delighted to appear in a video they made about their year of fundraising.
Category Archives: Donations
Christmas Cheer with Harrison Drury
This year, the team has been Harrison Drury Solicitors’ chosen charity. Last night team members Dave, Kath and Tony were invited to their Christmas drinks social evening. We were presented with a cheque and further donations raised during the year. Fund raising activities included the 3 Peaks Challenge and a concert by the company’s own… Continue Reading
Community Campaign Award for Westmorland Gazette
Congratulations to the #WestmorlandGazette for winning the Community Campaign Award at this years O2 Media Awards 2018. The award was in recognition of the “Readers to the Rescue” campaign that they spearheaded. This resulted in the team reaching its £40,000 new vehicle target quicker than we could ever of imagined. Team Chairman Dave H, Team Leader Dave… Continue Reading
Return to St Mark’s
Team member Tony was very happy to return to St Marks Primary School in Natland today and receive a cheque of £155 which was raised by the pupils in Yr 4. After an earlier visit by the team they put on a short play about Mountain Rescue which led to a fundraising event including a… Continue Reading
Donation from the Friends of Kendal
The team are very grateful to the Friends of Kendal who chose us and Kendal First Responders for their chosen charities. It was also great to see former team member Keith representing the first responders. Ourselves and the First Responders each received a cheque for £500. Continue Reading
Mountain Warehouse Chooses Kendal for Charity Bag Profits
UK outdoor retailer, Mountain Warehouse, has designed a range of 5 canvas tote bags, where 100% of the profits from each bag sold will go to local charities around their stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We at Kendal Mountain Rescue, have been so lucky to be the chosen charity for the Mountain… Continue Reading
Cheque for Northern Sky Gig
Kendal MRT would like to thank Harrison Drury solicitors and Armistead Barnett surveyors for the continued support as the chosen charity for this year. Last week we received the total of £1023.31 after the Northern sky gig earlier in the year. A cheque was presented to Kath jackson (Deputy team leader) and Steve Kelly (Team… Continue Reading
Readers to the Rescue Campaign Reaches Target
The team has received some excellent news to close the year with. Sara from the Westmorland Gazette visited our base to inform us that the “Readers to the Rescue” campaign, to raise funds for our new control vehicle, had reached its target. As a team we would like to say a big thank you to… Continue Reading
Donation from Ski Touring Evening
On Thursday 2nd Nov, team leader Dave, along with team members Andy B and Paul A, attended the Anything Technical Ski evening. 50 specially invited guests paid £10 each to listen to two lectures (avalanche safety & ski tour destinations) given by Andy Townsend, head of skiing at Glenmore Lodge. The £500 raised was kindly… Continue Reading
Wheels appeal update
We would like to thank Don Shore, a founder member of the Kendal based “bootboys” walking group. Don, decided that to celebrate his 70th birthday he would organise a fundrasing walk with his group and with monies raised donated to the team. He visited our base and handed over a cheque to Team leader Dave… Continue Reading
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