2021 in review
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]As 2021 draws to a close, the trustees and volunteers of WCSAR would like to wish everyone a happy new year. Our volunteer search team members wouldn’t be able to
WCSAR voted as a Surprise Supplies winner!
West Cornwall Search & Rescue Team has been voted as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Surprise Supplies initiative and now has £1,000 to spend on materials at RGB’s Porthleven
Six team members qualify as Flood Rescue Technicians
This weekend six volunteer members of West Cornwall Search & Rescue Team completed a Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (MOD3) course in South Devon. This training provides the team with
New trainee selection day
Yesterday, we held a selection day for new team members on the West Penwith Moors. Unlike most of our call-outs, we had beautiful sunshine and blue skies (so not too
Welcoming a new Controller to the team
Last week, team member Ruth attended a week-long Lost Person Search Manager course, run by Devon & Cornwall Police.
It’s OK, to not be OK
Last night, our team members had an online talk about trauma and risk management, led by a colleague from Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team – Ashburton. Our nature of work
Fundraising at Morrisons
A massive thank you to everyone who came to see us at Morrisons in Pool over the weekend, and left a donation to the team.
WCSAR becomes full member of the British Cave Rescue Council
Most of our work takes place on the moorlands, countryside, villages or towns across West Cornwall. But occasionally we are called to incidents that require an underground response. Most frequently
100 miles in four days
On Monday evening, some of our team members met Locryn Williams at Porthtowan, on the final stretch of his fundraising effort to walk 100 miles in 4 days.