It has been our biggest deployment ever since we were formed in 2008, and unusually for us there wasn’t a drop of snow in sight. As the country got to grips with what was about to become ‘normal’, our volunteers […]
Yearly archives: 2020
On the evening of 23 December, we receive a call asking us to assist our colleagues at the Maritime Volunteer Service by transporting their boat and rescue equipment to an incident between Kettering and Corby. Four members of our water […]
Christmas Floods 2020
After 14 weeks of activity, it’s time for the team to take a breather as more normal times return to the county. We’re remaining at an ‘Elevated’ status as there’s every likelihood that we will be required from time to […]
Covid19 Update: 8 July 2020
Since the end of March our volunteers have been deployed almost constantly, helping to carry out welfare checks and to deliver food, toiletries and medication to people across the county who need some extra support. It is by far our […]
Covid19 Update: 13 May 2020
The Trustees met on Thursday 19 March via video conference and this is an update on the team’s current position in relation of the ongoing outbreak of Covid-19. We are in regular contact with our service users so we can […]
How Covid-19 is Affecting the Team
Northamptonshire might be the only double land-locked county, but we still have a lot of water with various reservoirs, the River Nene and the Grand Union Canal. Recent winter storms across the country have led to widespread flooding causing communities […]