2006 News Archives
More items from 2006
December 2006
Benefit gig for IRC fundraising, 2nd December at The Crown, Littlehampton - four bands - one cause. Come and enjoy The Valves, The Slapheadz, Mallard Fizz and The Mad Slappers. From 5pm.
IRC 25th Anniversary - Summer Ball
The way up to the 8th July celebrations was a path full hazards, countless hours were spent on getting members of the Corps, members of the public, celebrities and dignitaries to come along and enjoy a fun night. Everyone was up for it then hardly anybody! What do I do? Panic!! I hear you say, not me, I persevered - organised a raffle to generate income to fund the event, tried conning people into coming, done interviews with radio stations, pleaded with celebrities, badgered the ITV and BBC, sent out hundreds of letters, had articles in various newspapers, even got some fantastic raffle prizes from places some people could have only dreamt of getting things from – did this help? – NO!
In the end, the final figure was 87 - fewer than we’d hoped but it didn’t stop those of us that were there from enjoying ourselves, meeting new people and old acquaintances alike.
The evening started with the guests arriving to a display of equipment, a tent, a mannequin and a lot of photographs of the teams exploits over the 25 years;oh, and me selling merchandise and more raffle tickets!! The bar was open and well stocked - for a while!!
The Lord and Lady Mayoress of Leeds arrived and I introduced them to the Corps Directors. The meal went on, everyone chatting, I was still going round selling raffle tickets, and then the draw took place for the Holiday to Marrakech which was donated by Sir Richard Branson, then more raffle tickets were sold and more draws took place, it seemed by the end of the night everyone there had something to take home! A few speeches were made, a fantastic presentation show was shown and then came the dance bit of the evening and, boy, did people dance!!
All of a sudden it was midnight and everyone, bar a few, was a little worse for wear; but for some the night was only starting – this was Leeds and there seems to be far too many clubs for the likes of us. I personally arrived home sometime on the Sunday!
By the end of the night, whilst no profit was made for the Corps, we managed to break even. But we were there to celebrate the last 25 years with a bit of style and had a lot fun - that was accomplished like all the missions the International Rescue Corps had been to before the ball – perfectly.
My last task is to thank those that helped make the event the success that it was. To the person who stood by me through thick and thin and knew that we could make a good go of it – Jocelyn Egan. To those that organised other prizes and helped setup the decorations, these were members and non-members – you know who you are so a big thank you to all of you!! To those that came a long way to be there, from Scotland, from the deep south and even the one non-member who jiggled his leave to come back from Iraq! THANK YOU
(Report by Deano Mills)
21st May 2006 - Daily Record Honours IRC Members
On the 21st of May the International Rescue Corps were awarded the Daily Record Volunteer Heroes Award at a ceremony held in the Hilton hotel, Glasgow. This was in recognition of IRC’s contribution to the rescue effort following the Pakistan earthquake. Five of the six Scottish members who were on the team accepted the award on behalf of the group and theIRC.
Saturday 27th May 2006
Following an earthquake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, which struck Sumatra at 0130hrs(GMT) Saturday 27 May. An offer to deploy a team to the region has been placed by the Corps. At this moment in time, our assistance is not required.
Sponsored Dive
IRC members recently held a sponsored scuba dive in South Shields - a relay team of divers spending 24 hours underwater.