Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue stay on the road with help from TLT
Thanks to the efforts of the law firm TLT we have upgraded two of our rescue vehicles.
ASSAR has been TLT’s Bristol charity of the year during 2016/2017, raising £8,547.50 which has been put towards the repair of two of their rescue ambulances.
TLT staff members with members of search and rescue team. TLT staff raised over £8500 for the search and rescue charity.
The funds were raised through a series of fundraising events throughout the year, including the sponsored Welsh Three Peaks challenge which a team from TLT and ASSAR took on together, climbing Wales’ three highest mountains in under 24 hours.
Chris Thring, Chairman of ASSAR, said
“These vehicles are essential to our search and rescue operations. We cover 1800square miles across Avon and Somerset, so we have to be as mobile as possible to support the police and community.
Our new Incident Control vehicle is fitted with the latest search management computer systems to help find missing people and our technical rescue vehicle that responds to cliff rescues has had a complete facelift. The whole team is very grateful for the fundraising efforts of TLT and the team members who helped the TLT staff complete the Welsh Three Peaks – we were very impressed at their determination on a difficult challenge.”
Andrew Glynn, Senior Partner at TLT, said: “It’s fantastic to see what our fundraising efforts from the last year have helped to deliver. The volunteers at ASSAR provide essential, life-saving help for those in difficulty in the outdoors and in the search for missing persons. We are proud to help keep them on the road so they can continue to get to those in need.”