Many congratulations to Gipping’s Site Manager, Carl Taylor, who is a very active volunteer for Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue.
Carl was presented with The Simon Foster Axe – ‘awarded to a team member who has demonstrated kindness, care and compassion to their fellow team members’.
Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (SULSAR) is a member unit of the UK’s Lowland Rescue service. Alongside Mountain Rescue, Cave Rescue, the RNLI and Volunteer Coastguard, they form the backbone of specialist help for the emergency services when anyone is in need of assistance.
Lowland Rescue teams specialise in finding missing people using foot-teams and dog-teams, often over large areas of wilderness and without knowing where the person is to begin with. SULSAR is a 100% voluntary specialist search team which helps find missing vulnerable adults and children. On-call 24 hours a day, their team of 60+ people respond across Suffolk and surrounding areas. As a registered charity, SULSAR relies solely on donations and sponsorship and receives no funding from government or the emergency services. Although members are volunteers they require specialist equipment and therefore donations are vital. None of the members are paid for their time, fuel or expenses. They are normally called out by Suffolk Constabulary, but also respond to calls from the Fire service and other search teams in neighbouring counties.
https://sulsar.org.uk/
Well done, Carl! We are all proud of you!
