Yes there not taking new members at present, the reason is clear on their news page. While this might seem not good when you want to volunteer to help, please remember that to complete the criteria that they and other groups have does take time and money. Which means your most likely not going to be able to respond to calls at the moment anyway.
Look at it from another angle, they state that funding ongoing training and equipment is an issue, which is no suprise for many teams. Why not offer to help with fundraising for the team, make sure you keep in touch with them, this might help them to open up their membership process sooner.
Funding is an issue for all teams and those that put a minimum level of training/equipment in place and one that is not always easily resolved. We at Lothian’s 4x4 Response have the same issues and acknowledge that ongoing funding will limit the operational effectiveness of any team if not addressed correctly.
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Colin Rodger, Chairperson Lothian 4x4 Response.
Email: colin.rodger@lothian4x4response.org Mobile: 07767-726075
Lothian 4x4 Response is a Scottish Registered Charity No: SC041830
We Cover the following Council area's: West Lothian, Mid Lothian, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire, Stirling and parts of Scottish Borders Council.
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