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Tri-Fold Leaflet Sept 12.Pub CONISTON Also, it would help our administration if you completed a Standing Order:- To……………………………………..Bank Become a Friend of Address……………………………………. …………………………………………….. CONISTON MOUNTAIN Your Account Number……………………. RESCUE TEAM Please pay to Barclays Bank plc, Coniston, Cumbria (Sort Code 20—45—28) now and annually on that date each year until further notice the sum of £…………………………for the credit of Coniston Mountain Rescue Team Acc. No. 83133869 Signed……………………………………… Dated……………………………………….. Please return the page to: Gift aid it The Honorary Secretary, Coniston Mountain Rescue Team, I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount Old Furness Road, of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for Coniston, each tax year that is at least equal to the The Friends of Coniston Mountain Cumbria, LA21 8HU amount of tax that all the charities or Rescue support the work of the Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) United Kingdom. Coniston MR Team. By joining them you help to ensure the future of the that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for Registered Charity Number: 504923 Team that is totally dependent on the that tax year. I understand that other taxes www.conistonmrt.org.uk generous gifts and donations from such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. people like you. The charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I give after 6 April 2008. Founded in 1947 Coniston Mountain Rescue was the first team of its kind in So just tick here □ the UK and currently has over 30 highly trained volunteers funded solely by donations. The Team turns out in all It’s that simple. weathers 24hrs a day, 365 days a year. Printing sponsored by The Coppermines & PLEASE DO NOT SEND THIS FORM TO YOUR Lakes Cottages BANK. RETURN IT WITH THE COMPLETED MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION TO THE www.conistonmrt.org.uk ADDRESS SHOWN OVERLEAF. www.coppermines.co.uk Become a Friend by completing this form: Emergency 999 call outs are on the increase, There is a pressing need to establish a sound Date currently about 50 a year. Advances in financial basis for the CMRT. Every year the Team technology mean costs will continue to rise needs to raise more than £20,000 to cover running Name…………………………………. if the team is to provide the best search and costs to ensure the continuation of this valuable Address……………………………….. rescue techniques available. The Team search and rescue facility. We really do need your ……………………………………….. covers a wide section of South Lakeland. support. Members are also called upon to assist ………………………………………. neighboring teams when a larger search area Postcode…………………………….. is involved. Telephone number………………….. E-mail……………………………….. Coniston, a small working Lakeland village The information you provide will be of some 1000 people, has a range of used solely for communicating with you attractive mountains as a backdrop. These as a Friend Of Coniston MRT and will include the 'Coniston Old Man' and not be shared with any third party. Wetherlam. There is also Dow Crag, one of the largest rock massifs in the Lake District I wish to join The Friends of Coniston and a honeycomb of old slate and copper Mountain Rescue Team mines, all of which can prove dangerous to (please tick below) the unwary. Grizedale Forest, also within the Team’s area, has its share of injuries, many □ Life membership £100.00 to those on bikes. □ Annual membership by Membership entitles you to: Standing order £15.00 • Open days at the base The Team’s Headquarters, built in 1982 by Or a • Invitations to special events private subscription and commercial □ Donation £…………… • Newsletters donations, has a control center, garage and • Online Coniston Mountain Rescue shop equipment store. I enclose cheque for CONISTON MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM £……………….. made payable to Coniston DEPENDS ON Mountain Rescue Team OR I have YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY. completed the standing order form overleaf. THANK YOU. You can also become a friend or donate online. Please visit: www.conistonmrt.org.uk .
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