The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC), has helped to kick a goal for sick kids in hospital by supporting the Starlight Children’s Foundation Kick 4 Kids soccer fun day. Kick 4 Kids is a fun day for companies to enjoy some fun social competition and networking […]
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RRT celebrates Katoomba carers for National Carers Week
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), a charity run by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC), served 250 classic burgers to hospital staff to celebrate National Carers Week.
OSG students top national maths competition
Students Clarissa from OneSchool Global Northwich in Cheshire and Leo from OneSchool Global Swaffham in Norfolk came joint top of a national maths competition in the UK which saw almost 450 pupils answer 20 tough questions at just 8 years old. With the new academic year off to a strong start, some adults have been […]
It’s Fine To Ask For A Burger On RUOK Day
More than 1,200 Rapid Relief Team signature burgers were served at RUOK events around the country where Australians took the time to check in on each other and make sure their mates were fighting fit. Events were held in conjunction with Indigenous schools, frontline emergency workers and local councils in WA, Queensland, Victoria and NSW: […]
Supporting Sydney firefighters – one burger at a time!
Sydney’s sudden brutal snap of hot weather brought fires to the city’s western suburbs and the Rapid Relief Team volunteers were on the ground making sure local firefighters had the nourishment they needed to respond with gusto. A team of 25 RRT volunteers from the Penrith region fed an estimated 140 firefighters who were keeping […]
RRT helps Royal Flying Doctor Service stay in the air in remote WA
As beautiful as it is, one of the harsh realities of living in the remote corners of Western Australia is the huge distances which patients must travel in order to get medical treatment. The people of Western Australia rightly welcomed the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s (RFDS) new Fortescue Heli-Med Service, a patient transfer service introduced […]
Australian Parliament praises efforts of RRT volunteers
The Rapid Relief Team has been praised in Australia’s Federal Parliament for its efforts to support frontline emergency services workers. In front of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the Member for Hughes, Jenny Ware, waxed lyrical about her experience of RRT services at a recent event at Holsworthy Army Barracks. Ms. Ware told Parliament that she […]
NZ Farmers Community Connect events rebuild fences for farmers
New Zealand Farmers Community Connect events rebuild fences for farmers. Cyclone Gabrielle left a trail of destruction in its wake, including thousands of kilometres of broken fencing in New Zealand. The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) is the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, and it recently stepped up to help hundreds of New […]
RRT HELPS BRING WATER TO FIRE FRONTLINE IN NSW
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has helped bushfire efforts in NSW by transporting hundreds of thousands of litres of water to a fire scene where local water access was poor. RRT used its bulk water carrier to move 576,000 litres of water from Lithgow, Ben Bellen and Lake Windemere back to Hill End, where firefighters […]
Rapid Relief Team connects flood-hit farmers with community of Condobolin
As the convoy of a dozen B-doubles laden with hay rolled into the New South Wales central west township of Condobolin, 450km west of Sydney, a sense of renewed hope welled up in the community as locals cheered and clapped. After record floods in November 2022, locals were looking for a reason to smile. And […]