Tees River Rescue. Making the Tees a safe place for all to enjoy

Patrol Search Rescue

Tees River Rescue is an independent rescue charity based on the River Tees in the North East of England.

As well as providing search and rescue, we patrol the River at peak times throughout the year and provide education, support and reassurance for river users up and down the 26.7 miles of navigable river.

As a charity, we rely on support from the public, local businesses, supporters and our volunteers. Tees River Rescue has no paid staff and receives no government funding. As an independent inland lifeboat we aim to be on call 24/7 at the request of emergency services and to provide patrols at key times.

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3 weeks ago

Tonight some of our team are are going to be at Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm for Banff Mountain Film Festival - UK and Ireland. There a still a few tickets left if you want to come. Please come and say hello in the interval! Thanks again to Snowline Media Ltd for welcoming us back this year 🙏🏻 ... See MoreSee Less
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1 month ago

We have been on a patrol today. It started off very wet and then turned out nice, just as we were finishing. The river looks like the chocolate river from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!4 volunteers were involved. 1 helm, 1 crew and 1 probationer with our incident commander who maintains radio communications with the boat and met them at Yarm for a welcome warm drink.Donations welcome to maintain our ability to patrol, search and rescue. Visit teesriverrescue.org/donate ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

3 of our volunteers have been to South Gare this morning alongside Tynemouth Seal Hospital British Divers Marine Life Rescue, Stanhope Park Veterinary Hospital and the RSPCA (England & Wales) to release 'Pomegranate' back into the wild. 🦭The video explains about her rescue and subsequent rehabilitation and release. 🐟#notjusthumans #volunteer #seal #bdmlr #tees #tynemouthsealhospital ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

Teesriverrescue.org/donateEvery charity has running costs, being a water safety charity sometimes ours are not obvious.With the cost of PPE, equipment, insurance, clothing and other costs such as radios, and more this can soon mount up.Each patrol costs us on average £30-£40 in fuel alone depending on how far we travel and what we end up doing. Every donation means we can continue our work and achieve our charitable aims which is to keep people safe on the beautiful river Tees.Teesriverrescue.org/donate to donate to us and gofund.me/ae8586e5 to fund drone pilot training, which will help us on searches along the river. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

3 of our volunteers have been out again today as we continue to search for Gloria Clarke. Our thoughts continue to be with her family at this difficult time. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

As we continue assisting Cleveland Police with searches on the river, we wanted to briefly highlight that today is our 4th birthday. On January 7th 2020 we were awarded our registered charity status and Tees River Rescue began.A lot has changed with the charity in the last 4 years and we are ever grateful to our volunteers, donors and supporters that have helped us to continue. Thank you all.With regards to the ongoing search, we are directed by Cleveland Police in relation to the ongoing searches for Gloria and ask any comments to be mindful of the family and direct any press queries to Cleveland Police. ... See MoreSee Less
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