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Welcome to Mountain Aid
Mountain Aid is a Registered Charity with three simple objectives:
- To find a means of helping to improve the quality of life of anyone permanently injured on the Scottish hills
- To provide training and education in the skills required to safely enjoy the Scottish hills, thereby reducing the likelihood of accidents accurring
- To maintain a close relationship with the Scottish Mountain Rescue services, granting them funds for projects, equipment or activities which might otherwise not receive funding.
If you or somebody you know is a hillwalker or climber, and you share our passion for the hills, then we hope that our objectives are valuable to you.
Our next fundraiser is..
Day For The Hills
Make Your Mountain Matter
We are pleased to announce our next major fundraising event. During the bank holiday weekend, Saturday 29th to Monday 31st May 2010 we're aiming to have a Mountain Aid supporter on each of the Munros (and some other hills) at some time during the weekend. This is a great opportunity for you to raise funds for our organisation and to have a fun and challenging day. For further details please click here.
Latest News
| 27th November 2009 | Day For The Hills - Make Your Mountain Matter |
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We are delighted to announce our forthcoming Day For The Hills challenge. At the end of May 2010 we will be attempting to a Mountain Aid supporter on top of every Munro, asking everyone to "Make their Mountain Matter" Previous events by other charities have targetted a particular time on a particular day, but we're looking to get supporters on the hills at any time over the May bank-holiday weekend (Saturday 29th to Monday 31st May). This should be a fun event for everyone taking part, and you'll sitting at the top of your hill knowing that there are Mountain Aid supporters sitting at the top of other hills right across the country. We're still at the planning stages but hope to have more information available very soon. |
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| 16th October 2009 | Winter Hill Safety Talks |
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We are pleased to announce a series of Winter Walking Safety Talks. Mick Tighe, mountain guide and former member of Lochaber MRT, will present illustrated talks on winter hillwalking safety, offering advice and guidance for anyone wishing to extend their hillwalking activities into the winter months. These talks are completely free and are open to everyone. The talks take place as follows: Tuesday 17th November, Zoology Department, University of Aberdeen Wednesday 18th November, A K Bell Library, Perth Thursday 19th November, The Merlin, Morningside Road, Edinburgh Friday 20th November, Cotswold Outdoor, Crow Road, Glasgow All talks begin at 7:30PM. The talks are free, although donations are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you there. |
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| 23rd August 2009 | High Tea Thank You! |
| We'd like to offer a huge thank-you to everyone who made our High Tea event such a success. We fed and watered over 60 people on the summit of Ben Nevis, and everyone seemed to have a great time. We even had good weather! | |
| 3rd July 2009 | Winter Hill Safety Talks |
| We are planning to host some Winter Safety Talkslater this year, probably November or December, and we're looking for people to "host" the talks. By this we mean somebody who can locate and book a venue (we will pay) and who can drum up support to get roughly 50 or 60 attendees (attendance is free). So if you're interested in helping then please get in touch. | |
| 17th June 2009 | West Highland HIGHway |
| One of our committee members Davy McLellan ('Boots' veterans will recognise the name) will soon be walking the West Highland Highway. Whlst the West Highland Way is a straightforward six-day walk, the West Highland Highway is 150 miles, 60,000 feet of ascent and covers 24 Munros. Davy expects to complete this challenge in 18 days, and is dividing sponsorship between Mountain Aid and Macmillan Cancer Support. If you would like to sponsor Davy on his excellent challenge then please visit his Mountain Aid or Macmillan pages. Many thanks for your support. | |
| 16th June 2009 | Caledonian Challenge |
| Members of the Mountain Aid committee have just spent the weekend trail-marking and trail-sweeping for the Caledonian Challenge. This involved teams walking sections of the 54-mile route before and after the event, marking the route and collecting litter. The teams get paid for doing this job, and all monies raised will be going directly to Mountain Aid funds. | |
| 14th April 2009 | High Tea |
| We are pleased to announce details of our first fund-raising event. How do you fancy "High Tea"? And we really do mean High Tea! Read all about this unique event here. | |
Registered Charity no. SC040294
Patron: Cameron McNeish