# MID PENNINE SEARCH AND RESCUE ORGANISATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184627
- **Other names:** MPSRO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 26, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1184627


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O Calder Valley Search &amp; Rescue Team, The Rescue Post, Thrush Hill Road, HEBDEN BRIDGE, West Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** HX7 5AQ
- **Phone:** 01422 893762
- **Email:** treasurer@mpsro.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ISTHE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SEARCH AND RESCUE CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) FACILITATING, ENCOURAGING, PROMOTING AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH, INNOVATION, TRAINING, EDUCATION, ASSESSMENT AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS APPLICABLE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE UK AND ABROAD, FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDB) SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAVING OF LIVES IN RELATION TO THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OF MISSING PERSONS FOR MEMBER ORGANISATIONSVOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS.

**Activities:** The Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation (MPSRO) serves as a representative body for the five independent Mountain Rescue teams in the Mid Pennine Region, namely; Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team, Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team and Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Bolton
- Bury
- Calderdale
- Cumbria
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Kirklees
- Lancashire
- Manchester City
- Oldham
- Rochdale





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Paul Ephraim Brain** | Chair | May 2, 2019 |
| Christopher Greenhalgh |  | May 18, 2023 |
| David Lawrence Honour |  | May 18, 2023 |
| Diane Janet Blakeley |  | May 18, 2023 |
| Kevin Alan Camplin MBE |  | May 23, 2024 |
| Matthew James Greaves |  | May 14, 2020 |
| PETER GOBLE |  | May 2, 2019 |
| Robert Freeman |  | May 23, 2024 |




