Events

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Next event will be our annual Christmas Raffle & fundraising event at the Helmshore Farmers Market – please come along and support us to help raise valuable funds for your local lifesaving team.

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Not only can you find members of the team out and about in the Rossendale Valley responding to medical emergencies, you can also meet us at various public events across the valley. Why not come and say hello and meet your local team and find out a little bit more about what we do!

For 2025 we’ll be attending:

  • Kokoro Festival – Ramsbottom Civic Hall – Sunday 2nd March
  • Olive Branch Fostering Health & Wellbeing Event – Saturday 22nd MarchEvent Report
  • Tour-de-Manc 2025 – Marl Pits Rawtenstall – Sunday 4th MayEvent Report
  • Rossendale 60’s Festival 2025 – Saturday 13th September – Event Report
  • Rawtenstall Christmas Light switch on. (Provisional – TBC)
  • Helmshore Farmers Market – Christmas Raffle Stall – Sunday 7th December

Come and have a look at the medical kit we carry on response, see a real AED, take a virtual look inside an NWAS Ambulance, kids can try on our hi-vis and Ambulance rescue helmet, and you can try your hand at doing CPR and more*

*please note not all events have all activities – this is dependent on circumstances such as weather on the day.


No Fear CPR/AED Sessions

We believe that everyone should have access to good first aid training sessions, and that’s why we have teamed up with our sister organisation Community Defibs for Rossendale (CDfR) to provide training in the Rossendale Valley.

Visit the Community Defibs for Rossendale Micro-site by clicking the button below.

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