VAT and rescue teams
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You may have heard some of our team members on the radio recently or seen them on television talking about the paying of fuel duty and VAT on certain search and rescue equipment. The teams across England and Wales want every penny of donations to go towards rescue equipment, instead of giving away 17.5% on new purchases to the government.
Although the government can no longer exempt us from paying VAT, they can decide refund it each year. In England and Wales, this would represent a refund of about £200, 000 to £300, 000 and bring us closer in line with Scotland and Ireland who receive annual grants from their government to assist with providing these essential search and rescue services.
The government would struggle to provide the same service without these volunteer teams, who are being called out more and more each year to assist the full time emergency services, not just on the hills but at major flooding incidents and heavy snowfall.
You can read more about this from the BBC News website, or learn more about mountain rescue throughout England and Wales by visiting the Mountain Rescue (England and Wales) website...
Mountain Rescue (England and Wales)
| Team nominated for Saints Award |
Cornwall Search and Rescue Team is proud to have been shortlisted to the final three community groups for the Saints Award. Saint Awards Presentation Night" style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /> The Saints Awards recognises people and groups living and working within the PL22 to PL26 postcode who make St Austell and its surrounding areas special. The team, which is based in St Dennis has been nominated in the Community Groups category - which celebrates the contribution to the local community by an organisation.
CSRT which is a registered charity, responds to call outs from the police, fire and ambulance services across the county for missing and injured people, last year being called to 39 incidents. Since being founded in 2003, the team has been called to around 380 incidents, ranging from missing children to major weather events.
To vote for the team - follow the link and scroll to the bottom of the make to make your entry.
Thank you!
Link to This is Cornwall website
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