Brecon Mountain Rescue Team : a 100% volunteer led emergency service
Brecon Mountain Rescue Team provides specialist search, rescue, and medical assistance across the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park and mid Wales.
Our team of volunteers are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We respond to emergencies such as mountain and water rescues and searches for missing or vulnerable people in remote or hard-to-reach places.
We work in close partnership with the police, fire, and ambulance services, covering an area of over 700 square miles—from the Brecon Beacons in the south to Newtown and Aberystwyth in the north.
We’re entirely funded by public donations and receive no external funding.
Our annual running costs are around £65,000 and are met solely through the generosity of supporters like you.
Take the challenge!
Every year we challenge people to take part in our events, Beat the Beacons and the Black Dragon Challenge.
Every penny they raise goes directly towards funding the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team. Take part and you’ll both challenge yourself and make a huge difference by helping to keep our life-saving service running.
Beat the Beacons
Three routes: 10 miles, 15 miles and 22 miles starting and ending in Talybont-on-Usk. September 2026
Black Dragon Challenge
Three routes: 16 miles, 22 miles and 28 miles starting and ending in Llangors. 18th April 2026
Brecon Mountain Rescue Team are thrilled that popular TV presenter and best-selling author, Kate Humble, became our Ambassador in 2022.
My first year as a proud Ambassador of Brecon Mountain Rescue, I was asked if I would take part in the Black Dragon Challenge. I had never done anything like it before, was frankly terrified, but didn't feel able to refuse. What a fantastic day! Everyone was so friendly & supportive, the route is utterly beautiful & should I have got into trouble (I didn't) I knew there were the most capable people I could wish for at every check point. So a few months later I did BEAT. And now both events have become unmissable days in my year. I love the challenge, I love the camaraderie, I love the tea & cake at the end & I love that by taking part I help raise money for this incredible group of volunteers to carry on saving lives.'
Call Outs
It costs around £400 every time our team is called out. Last year we had 91 call outs
Support Us
Our services are free but cost over £65,000 a year to maintain. Without support from people like you we wouldn’t be on hand to save lives.
Volunteer
We’re a voluntary service on call 24/7. It takes training and commitment to be one of our volunteers. Would you like to join our team?
