RNLI Celebrity news

Mayor joins Eastbourne new lifeboat appeal

Bob Jeffery

Councillor Mrs Carolyn Heaps, Mayor of Eastbourne and long term supporter of Eastbourne RNLI lifeboats, joined forces with some of the crew at the Arndale Centre this week to help collect funds for the town’s new lifeboat.

Councillor Heaps launched herself upon the public armed with a collection bucket in support of Eastbourne’s new lifeboat appeal...

Cowes Lifeboat Members Turn Out for Phil's Nationwide Hike

George Chastney

Members of Cowes RNLI lifeboat were among those that assembled in Newport today to welcome ex-soldier Phil Packer, on a grueling country-wide 2,012 mile BRIT 2012 charity hike.

Ex-soldier Phil, who suffered spinal injuries in Iraq in 2008, is aiming to raise money towards the building of a £15 million centre for youngsters facing adversity...

Showbiz sparkle generates success for RNLI SOS

Tim Ash

Academy-award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow was among a host of stars who donated items for auction at an annual RNLI Pub Quiz, organised for RNLI SOS Day, the charity’s largest fundraising day.

The quiz, which takes place each year at The Duke of York pub in Borough Road, Southwark, raised a whopping £5,460 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the lifesaving charity that has been operating a search and rescue service on the River Thames since 2002...

World renowned maritime journalist entertains guests at Cork's annual RNLI sailing by the Lee lunch

Susie Elliot

Over two hundred and twenty people gathered at the Maryborough Hotel and Spa in Cork last weekend for the 9th annual Sailing by the Lee lunch in aid of the RNLI.

Kindly supported by Port of Cork and Electric Bar/Restaurant, the event was a huge success with well known faces from the maritime world and Cork's social scene gathering to raise funds for Kinsale and Crosshaven RNLI stations in their work saving lives at sea...

Phil Packer visits Eastbourne RNLI

Bob Jeffery

Eastbourne RNLI lifeboats were delighted to welcome the inspirational Phil Packer to the inshore lifeboat station this week as part of his 2012 mile challenge. In company with lifeboat crew and representatives from Eastbourne fire fighters, Phil walked 10 miles up and down Eastbourne seafront...

Saoirse Our Supporter – Well known actress drops into Wicklow RNLI ahead of SOS day

Niamh Stephenson

Volunteer lifeboat crew with Wicklow RNLI received a surprise visitor during their navigation course this morning (Monday 23 January 2012). Well known actress Saoirse Ronan dropped in to say hello while filming nearby...

Tobermory Lifeboat Day is a £5k record breaker

Dr Sam Jones

Last year’s Tobermory RNLI Lifeboat Day has been revealed as a record breaking event for the station, raising more than twice the amount of the previous year.
Tobermory RNLI Chairman and Treasurer, Douglas MacNeilage MBE, said: ‘All the money is now in and has been counted and I can reveal that we have raised an astounding £5,796...

Splendid Organ Sounds at Trowbridge for the RNLI's SOS day

Tamsin Thomas

BBC Radio 2 presenter Nigel Ogden, famous for his long running programme The Organist Entertains, will be performing in Trowbridge on Friday 27 January to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The event, at St James Parish Church, coincides with the charity’s SOS day that this year is raising funds to provide new, state-of-the-art lifejackets for its volunteer crew members...

"Boycie" visits Burnham-on-Sea RNLI Lifeboat Station

Mike Lang

“Boycie” visits Burnham-on-Sea RNLI lifeboat Station
Actor John Challis, alias Boycie from the TV programme “Only Fools and Horses,” has been starring in this year’s pantomime at Weston-Super-Mare Playhouse. Realising his enthusiasm for the RNLI, Burnham-on-Sea lifeboat volunteers issued an invitation to John to visit their station, for a cup of coffee and tour of their life-saving facility...

Lifeboats, camera, action – the RNLI announces its Photographer of the Year (2011)

Isla Reynolds

The volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are ready to risk their lives to save others at a moment’s notice. But in order to be ready when the pager goes off they dedicate hours of their time to train – and that’s what this year’s RNLI Photographer of the Year managed to capture in her winning photograph...