On the 14th June 2017, the Rapid Relief Team were onsite at the Grenfell Tower Disaster by 9:00am following the awful, traumatic blaze which hit global news headlines. The Emergency Services were served tirelessly (as they deserve to be) by the team during the day providing over 1500 meals and endless hot and cold drinks. […]
Its finally happened! – The long awaited French Boules ‘Terrain’ Pitches at Muscliff, Bournemouth UK, was finished on the 25th February 2017. In France this game is known as ‘Petanque’ (pronounced Pe-tonk). Petanque is a form of Boules, where the goal is to toss or roll hollow steel balls, as close as possible to a […]
The Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire at a waste timber yard in North Runcton, near King’s Lynn, just before midday on Saturday 21st January 2017, to find around 40,000 cubic metres of waste timber alight. Support was quickly called from other stations around Norfolk, including the water carrier from Fakenham, […]
Early in the day of the 13th January 2017, the police started advising residents that there would be a need to evacuate some houses in Aldeburgh due to an expected tidal surge in the evening. Aldeburgh RRT contacted Ipswich RRT and agreed that we would work together with Ipswich providing the Rapid Deployment Trailer and […]
East Belfast is traditionally a working class area and the East Belfast Mission aims to help the local residents through the “Renewing and transformation of the East Belfast community”. The Belfast Rapid Relief Team had identified and approached the Mission with an offer to help out with any upcoming events and this offer was taken […]
On Monday evening 10th October 2016 RRT Dublin held an event in the middle of Dublin City centre. Marquees pitched, BBQ trailer set up, food prepared and lights on, RRT were ready to lend their hand in support of World Homeless Day 2016. World Homeless Day is an international day inaugurated in 2010, where people […]
The historic parts of the Exeter city centre spans history from the times of Roman occupation, through the devastating Blitz during the second world war and on up until the present day. Unfortunately a huge fire broke out at 5 am on Friday 28th October 2016 in the row of greatly valued historic buildings opposite […]
The Plymouth Soup Run is a community and faith driven service providing free food and hot drinks to homeless, hungry and vulnerable people 365 days a year. It is run by dedicated teams from local churches and communities in Plymouth. The teams go out each evening from Monday to Saturday serving the food and drink […]
Once again the RRT took part in the annual ‘Bag It, Beat It’ campaign to raise vital funds for British Heart Foundation research. Now after the fifth year of supporting the campaign, nearly 50,000 bags have been collected and donated to the BHF bag-a-thons by the RRT and PBCC community. Bag It, Beat It’ is […]
A host of young volunteers from across the borough of Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, were fortified by a hot meal by the Plymouth Brethren Rapid Relief Team to keep them enthused and in perfect working order for another day of serving the community in practical ways and in demonstrating the love of God to all. SPARK is in its […]