NEWS AND EVENTS

With much of the east coast of Australia in drought last year, Plymouth Brethren volunteers from the Rapid Relief Team formed Operation Drought Relief, rallying to deliver thousands of bales of hay, and hope, to Aussie farmers in need. Operation Drought Relief is a...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has today supported The Royal Children’s Hospital in its Good Friday Appeal, which raised money for the Hospital to provide first class care for children. RRT volunteers worked throughout the day to provide more than 1,600 meals to...

Australian charity, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), has provided vital support to emergency services personnel who worked tirelessly to battle the devastating Notre Dame Cathedral fire this week.   The RRT distributed more than 600 meals, including brioche and soup, to...

Education for Launceston and the North-West's Brethren community has taken on a new form, with Oakwood School offering technology-laden ways of learning. Oakwood School is an amalgamation of the former Devonport and Launceston Brethren school and has now joined a...

Oakwood School in Launceston has completely overhauled a former banking call centre to become a cutting-edge school for up to 100 students from Year 3 to Year 12. Unveiled last month, the school has transformed an uninspiring corporate building into a vibrant learning...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) of Boronia and Berwick have been working tirelessly to support the brave firefighters and emergency personnel battle the blazes in Victoria. 82 RRT volunteers have been working alongside emergency services serving more than 4,000 meals to...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) is throwing their support behind this year’s Pollie Pedal, which sees politicians ride hundreds of kilometres around Southern Tasmania to raise money for diabetes. Diabetes Tasmania’s annual three-day bike brings together politicians in the...

Over the past week, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has been working around the clock to support and feed emergency service workers who continue to fight out-of-control bush fires in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Across the last month, the charity has worked...

New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, today showed her support for the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) who have been feeding hundreds of emergency services personnel and Defence staff battling forest fires in the New Zealand Nelson-Tasman region. Since Tuesday, local NZ...

The Australian-based charity, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), provided free meals to furloughed Federal Transport Security Administration (TSA) workers across the United States. Thousands of hot meals were provided at dozens of major United States airports, to people...