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		<title>Introducing our new partner in mental wellbeing: Rightsteps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In January 2026, we were delighted to announce that we had added a new ‘partner’ organisation to the portfolio of wellbeing support that the Rescue Benevolent Fund can offer to mountain and cave rescue team members and their families. Rightsteps joins Togetherall and The Fire Fighters Charity and broadens our offering to bring specialist, tailored&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Slow down and smell the coffee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you always in a hurry, impatient in queues and flying off the handle at the slightest thing? Are you driven by a need to succeed and feel stressed-out most of the time? Find out how to take time to slow down, &#8216;be present&#8217; and enjoy life. From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine, Issue 94,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Suicide: The call you don’t hear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Writing on World Suicide Prevention Day (Wednesday 10 September), Kinder MRT member and Rescue Benevolent Fund ambassador Matt Field, looked back almost twenty years to the struggles that twice brought him to the edge… From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine, Issue 94, Autumn 2025. That truth often stops people. They expect accounts of rescues, crag&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Introducing our new application process&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve simplified our application process so it’s easier to ask for help when you need it… From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine Issue 91, January 2025. Chairman Neil Woodhead explains how we&#8217;ve responded to feedback from our mountain and cave rescue membership to make it easier to apply for benevolence or to find support to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Togetherall is supporting team members</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of our very own trustees talks about how our collaboration with the online mental health resource Togetherall has helped her through a difficult time. From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine Issue 90, Autumn 2024. This year&#8217;s biennial MREW Conference, at Lancaster University, was a fantastic opportunity to promote the work of the Rescue Benevolent&#8230;]]></description>
		
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