The Rapid Relief Team has served up almost 1,700 meals at RUOK Day events around the country, including at Leeton Public School, Warwick High School and Scottsdale High School, where students and teachers took time to check in on each other on the National Day of Action for suicide prevention. RRT volunteers had their signature burgers rolling […]
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Rapid Relief Team EU Deliver Their Largest Collaborative Event Effort to Date
In July, volunteers from the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and France supported Team Rynkeby, a European charity cycling team that raises funds for children with critical illnesses. The Tour de Paris event sees over 2,000 participants divided into 64 teams, ride 1,300 kms starting in Denmark and finishing in Paris. RRT’s four teams of 100 volunteers helped fuel and refresh […]
RRT Collaborates with Qizzle to support students
Students at schools across New Zealand have been provided with affordable stationery kits through a collaboration between Qizzle and the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) to support families with the cost-of-living crisis. Qizzle is matching an RRT donation to provide the discounted stationery kits to students in low decile schools. The kits come with all the […]
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 […]
Rapid Relief Team launches response to Hurricane Beryl
In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, mobilized a formidable force of 70 volunteers to provide critical aid and support across several affected regions in the Caribbean. The coordinated efforts spanned multiple islands, offering much-needed relief to communities reeling from the Category […]
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 […]
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 […]