Tag: Brethren

Life-changing baby warmer for Starship Hospital

Starship Hospital’s life-changing care for newborn babies has been boosted by a new $50,000 Infant Warmer, donated by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church’s Rapid Relief Team. The state-of-the-art equipment, which provides light and warmth during resuscitation, will be put to use in the Hospital’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Rapid Relief Team New Zealand Director […]

RRT supports Multi-Agency Agricultural Exercise

Volunteers from the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) in Leeton supported VRA Rescue in their first- ever multi-agency rescue operation, bringing together six combat agencies. On Saturday 15th June, 100 participants took part in an Agricultural Rescue Training Mission at the Yanco Ag College in Leeton. The agencies included VRA, Police, Fire, SES, Ambulance, the Australasian […]

The Grace Trust gift £15k for CPR machine

The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland local air ambulance service has received a generous £ 15,000 donation from The Grace Trust. The money came from The Grace Trust, which is funded by donations from businesses and individuals, most of whom are members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. It will be used by the Derbyshire, Leicestershire […]

Horsham members join Great British Spring Clean

Rusper is a village and civil parish located in the Horsham District with a population of over 2,000 people. The Horsham District Council is dedicated to providing a range of public services to the local residents and businesses. As part of this, they recently carried out a ‘Great British Spring Clean!’ involving litter picking and […]

OSG Kenley donate 600 meals to local foodbank

Students from OneSchool Global’s (OSG) Kenley Campus in Croydon have led a successful campaign to secure donations for Caterham Foodbank. Led by the school’s Student Leadership Team, the campaign saw the whole school community donate 256kg of items to the charity to help it provide emergency food and support to local people in crisis. The […]

OSG Students Join Kids Against Hunger to Make a Difference

On Wednesday, May 2nd, OneSchool Global (OSG) students and faculty from the San Francisco campus of OneSchool Global (OSG) teamed up with Kids Against Hunger to prepare meals for children in need. Volunteers packed 1,980 food bags, each containing six meals, for a grand total of 11,880 meals at the Pleasanton headquarters of Kids Against […]

RRT Food Boxes supporting storm recovery

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), in partnership with the City of Gold Coast, supplied 200 food boxes to support residents experiencing the double blows of the cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the devastating Christmas and New Year storms.  With the assistance of the City’s Disaster Recovery Grant Program, RRT has provided Food Boxes to […]

PBCC Torbay donate a defibrillator

The local Plymouth Brethren congregation in Torbay recently donated a defibrillator following a tragic incident on the Moors. Air and land ambulances were called to part of the Dartmoor National Park in Devon following an emergency callout. Witnesses said a young man had been watching the sunset at Haytor Rocks Beauty Spot before suffering a […]

Didcot gift a bus shelter to local community

World Give Day is held on the 4th of May every year and is a special day allowing people to collaborate, give, and celebrate kindness. It encourages selflessness by reminding people to use the opportunity to help others around them. Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a village of postcard-picture prettiness located in Upper Thames Valley in South Oxfordshire. […]