# TEESDALE AND WEARDALE SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1216497
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 16, 2026
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1216497


## Contact

- **Address:** The Chris Scott Mountain Search and, Rescue Centre, Lanchester Road, DURHAM
- **Postcode:** DH1 5RA
- **Phone:** 01833630999
- **Email:** mail@twsmrt.org.uk
- **Website:** www.twsmrt.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ? PREDOMINANTLY WITHIN COUNTY DURHAM, BUT ALSO IN AREAS BEYOND THE COUNTY BORDERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT ON REQUEST, BY:? PROVIDING A ?FREE TO USE? SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE SERVICE.? AIMING TO PROVIDE ON CALL SERVICES 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.? LOCATING AND EVACUATING INJURED AND / OR LOST PERSONS IN UPLAND ENVIRONMENTS AND TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CASUALTY CARE.IN ADDITION TO THIS THE TEAM MAY:? PROVIDE MISSING PERSON SEARCHES IN URBAN, SUBURBAN AND LOWLAND AREAS.? SUPPORT NHS AMBULANCE SERVICES WITH DIFFICULT CASUALTY EVACUATIONS.? SUPPORT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES / EMERGENCY SERVICES IN SEVERE WEATHER.? SUPPORT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES / EMERGENCY SERVICES WHERE THE TEAM?S SKILLS AND EQUIPMENT MAY BE APPROPRIATE.? SUPPORT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES / EMERGENCY SERVICES AT MAJOR INCIDENTS.? PROVIDE SWIFT WATER RESCUE.? PROVIDE ANIMAL RESCUE.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ? TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ABOUT POSSIBLE DANGERS IN THE HILLS AND COUNTRYSIDE BY:? PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON HOW TO RECOGNISE AND AVOID POSSIBLE DANGERS, AND MINIMISE RISKS.? GIVING TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

**Activities:** TWSMRT operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. We provide a mountain, search and rescue service for the whole of County Durham, from the high fells in the west to the coastal communities of the North Sea. The Team responds to requests by the Police to a range of incident types, from injured or lost people in the hills to vulnerable missing people in urban settings.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Darlington
- Durham




## Trustees

- **Dr John David Little** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Daniel James Taylor — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Desmond William Toward — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Eric Gilhooley — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Hamish Carrick — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- James Chilcott — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Jane Ascroft — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- John Stephen Owers — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Mark Ian Sauer — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Michael John Needham — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Paul Adrian Aitken-Fell — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Paul William Renwick — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Richard James Williams — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Richard Warne — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Sarah Jayne Broadbent — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- Scott Vickers Bisset — appointed Jan. 16, 2026