Last month, OneSchool Global, the network of schools established by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, for students and families from our Church Community, was featured in the September-December 2024 edition of Educator Magazine UK, which reaches around 275,000 teachers and school staff. In the article, Richard Markham, the Regional Head of Department, discusses the […]
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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 […]
BURGERS FOR HUNGRY STAFF AT THE ALFRED
The seemingly endless hours medical staff spend toiling on the frontline often go by without receiving the appreciation they deserve. So, when the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) charity turned up at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne with 2,000 signature burgers and bottles of water, there were hundreds of takers who were grateful for the offer. […]
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 […]