Dear All,

As some of you are aware I’m a bit of an outdoors type and an active member of Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team. The team provides an essential service not only to walkers and climbers, but also to the local community.

The primary function of the Team is to provide search and rescue in upland mountainous areas and assist the police to search for missing persons in lowland rural areas.

The majority of the Team’s incidents have been in Derbyshire, South and West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. However, the Team has also been called to incidents as far as Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire and major incidents like Lockerbie.

It provides search and rescue services in some of the most demanding upland areas in the Peak District. Our most recent high profile call out was to assist the locals and stranded motorists of South Anston during the heavy snow fall in early December 2010.

The team relies on donations from the public for the upkeep of vehicles, equipment and vital medicines. All donations are gratefully received.

To help try and boost our Teams funds, at the end of February 2011 I am going to Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro and would like to use this as an opportunity to raise much needed funds. To aid fund raising for this event, I have set up a Just Giving account so that all donated money goes straight to the Team and using Gift Aid helps raise even more.

So what ever you can donate please help me raise money for our team and thank you for your support in advance.

Dave Walker