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Every pound goes to the rescue team

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Nick walks the 325 miles. You fund the team he walks for. One button, any amount, under a minute.

Donate on JustGiving (opens in a new tab)

The donation itself is handled by JustGiving. This site never asks for your card details and never sees them.

Please note: this link goes to the Rossendale and Pendle MRT main JustGiving page, not a page set up only for FellHell 325. The money reaches the same team either way.

Three steps, that is the whole thing

How To Donate

  1. 01

    Tap the button

    It opens JustGiving in a new tab. This page stays where it is.

  2. 02

    Give what you can

    Any amount. There is no minimum and there is no wrong number.

  3. 03

    Tick Gift Aid

    If you pay UK tax, ticking the box adds 25% and costs you nothing.

Free money for the team

Gift Aid

Gift Aid is a UK government scheme. If you pay UK tax and you tick the Gift Aid box on JustGiving, the team claims an extra 25% from HMRC on top of what you gave. It does not cost you a penny more.

The only condition is that you have paid at least as much UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax in the tax year as every charity will reclaim on your donations. The box is on the JustGiving form, so there is no separate paperwork.

It takes one tick and it costs you nothing. Across every donation made, it is the cheapest extra money the team will ever raise.

What the tick does, for example

£20 You give
£25 The team receives

Same cost to you. 25% more kit, training and fuel for Rossendale and Pendle MRT.

No wages, no offices, no marketing budget

Where The Money Goes

Mountain rescue teams in England and Wales are charities crewed by volunteers. Nobody on the team is paid to turn out at three in the morning. Every penny raised here goes to Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team, and none of it pays a wage.

Kit and equipment

Ropes, harnesses, helmets, waterproofs, head torches and boots. It wears out, it gets replaced, and it is bought by the team.

Training and requalification

Casualty care, rope work, water rescue and search technique. Qualifications expire, so training is a permanent running cost, not a one-off.

Vehicles and radios

Land vehicles that get crews to a roadhead in the dark, fuel, servicing, and the radios that keep everyone talking when there is no phone signal.

Medical and casualty gear

Stretchers, splints, oxygen, dressings and casualty bags. The things that keep somebody alive on a hillside until they are off it.

Running the base

Heating, lighting, insurance and the building itself. Unglamorous, unavoidable, and paid for by donations like yours.

Being ready before the call

All of it has to be bought, maintained and practised with before anyone rings 999. That is what fundraising actually buys.

If the button is not right for you

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The things people ask before they give

Straight Answers

Who receives the money?

Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team. The donation goes through JustGiving to the team, not to Nick. He does not take anything out of it.

Is it secure?

Yes. JustGiving takes the payment on its own site. This site never handles, stores or sees your card details, and it will never ask you for them.

Can I give anonymously?

Yes. JustGiving gives you the option to hide your name from the public list of donations. The team still receives the money exactly the same way.

Can I donate after the finish?

Yes. The page stays open. The team is on call every day of the year, so a donation months afterwards is worth the same as one on day one.

What if he does not finish?

The money still goes to the team. Your donation is not a bet on the outcome. Ten days of this can end with an injury, and if it does, nothing about where the money goes changes.

Does any of it pay a wage?

No. Mountain rescue teams are run by volunteers who hold down normal jobs. The money buys equipment, training and the cost of keeping a team ready to turn out.

Anything else, ask. Get in touch and you will get a straight answer.

Support the journey. Save lives.

He does the walking. You do the funding.

214 fells, 325 miles, 10 days. Give what you can and tick the Gift Aid box.

Donate on JustGiving (opens in a new tab)

Donations go to the Rossendale and Pendle MRT JustGiving page.