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CRS Big Breakfast – Wild Duck Inn Portglenone

CRS Big Breakfast – Wild Duck Inn Portglenone

Posted by | Mar 9, 2020 |

The Portglenone unit of the Community Rescue Service (CRS) is organising a Big Breakfast on Sunday 15th March 2020 in The Wild Duck Inn, Main Street, Portglenone. This fundraising event, taking place from 9am – 12:30pm has a minimum donation of £5 each and there will also be a raffle held on the day. They told us, “The Community Rescue Service (CRS) is a charitable search and rescue organisation operated by volunteers from communities across Northern Ireland. We provide all aspects of search and rescue falling under the remit of Lowland Rescue including ground, inland water, bike and boat.”...

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Pride of Britain NI Fundraiser of the Year 2017

Pride of Britain NI Fundraiser of the Year 2017

Posted by | Nov 8, 2017 |

Sharon Gibson from Portglenone recently won the Pride of Britain NI Fundraiser of the Year 2017 award. Many of you will probably have watched the awards ceremony on TV. Sharon is a volunteer for the Community Rescue Service who have a base in Portglenone. She was nominated for this award because of the massive fundraising effort she does for them. We have written many times about Community Rescue Service (CRS).  As a voluntary search and rescue service it takes a lot of money to allow the unit to work effectively. This is something Sharon realised shortly after joining CRS...

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Community Rescue Service – Portglenone

Community Rescue Service – Portglenone

Posted by | Sep 13, 2017 |

Here at Ballymena today we have often blogged about the Community Rescue Service in Portglenone and we wanted to share a few updates from their their Facebook page over the past few month. We also want to take the opportunity to highlight how you can help too. Recently the Portglenone Community Rescue Service went to The Junction Retail and Leisure Park in Antrim to train with our sister unit Community Rescue Service Antrim. It is great to see two community teams join together to help to train and share their knowledge. Community Rescue Service – Portglenone How to help...

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Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Five Years On

Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Five Years On

Posted by | Feb 1, 2017 |

Portglenone Community Rescue Service recently shared this moving story on their Facebook page which emphasises the importance of their work. FIVE YEARS ON… Before starting out on their Saturday night safety patrol around the River Lagan in Belfast the volunteers from the CRS gathered at Lagan Weir along with the family and friends of north Belfast man, Joby Murphy who sadly lost his life following a concert at the SSE Arena in January 2012. The gathering commemorated the fifth anniversary of his death and reflected on their memories of Joby as a lone piper played. Following the lament the...

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News from Community Rescue Service – Portglenone

News from Community Rescue Service – Portglenone

Posted by | Oct 12, 2016 |

The Portglenone the Community Rescue Service continue to carry out excellent work and to serve the community. Here is some news from the Portglenone Community Rescue Service. NEW TRAINEES COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL TRAINING A very successful first weekend of the new SAR (Search and Rescue) Tech course. We had volunteers from across the Province from Kilkeel, Lurgan, Strabane, Belfast, Dungannon and some of our colleagues from Nenagh Ormond Search Unit who are aiming to be the first ALSAR accredited team in the Irish Republic. As the sponsoring Unit, the CRS will be working closely with our friends from NOSU...

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