RNLI Crew training news

Snatch of the day for Minehead RNLI crews

Chris Rundle

9th February 2012

SNATCH OF THE DAY FOR MINEHEAD RNLI CREWS

Two fishermen cut off at the base of 300 metre cliffs were snatched to safety by Minehead’s RNLI lifeboat crews tonight in an operation made more hazardous by thick fog.

And now station officials are pleading with all anglers to check tide times before setting out to fish along one of the most dangerous stretches of the Bristol Channel coast...

New crew at Criccieth RNLI undergo radar training

Ifer Gwyn

Eight new and trainee volunteer crew members at Criccieth RNLI have spent the past three evenings undergoing rigorous training on the use of radar equipment. The training is part of all crew members’ standard preparation and is provided by professional trainers from the RNLI’s Lifeboat College, based in Poole...

RNLI co-ordinates National Beach Lifeguard Qualification for potential lifesavers in Sefton

Alison Levett

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is offering people in the north west an opportunity to qualify to work as lifesavers on Sefton’s beaches this summer.
Anyone over the age of 16 who has a real interest in becoming a beach lifeguard can use this opportunity to gain an RLSS UK National Beach Lifeguard Qualification, which is a pre-requisite qualification when applying to the charity for a job as a seasonal lifeguard...

Come Rain Or Shine Yorkshire Building Society is supporting the RNLI

Alison Levett

Yorkshire Building Society is on a mission to raise funds for its chosen Charity of the Year, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). And to celebrate the launch of their 2012 fundraising, staff at 20 branches around the UK will today be joined by RNLI volunteers as they take part in the charity’s biggest annual fundraising event, SOS Day...

Photographer to snap "Smiles on Saturday" for RNLI SOS Day

Niamh Stephenson

Foxrock based photographer Lorcan Brereton will be raising funds for RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews by taking people’s photograph in his studio for a €25 donation. This will be the third year Lorcan has supported the charity’s SOS appeal for funds with his “Smiles on Saturday” fundraiser...

New Eastbourne lifeboat nears completion

Bob Jeffery

Eastbourne RNLI’s new Tamar class lifeboat Diamond Jubilee is on schedule to be launched as planned on 6th Feb to commemorate the date on which Queen Elizabeth 11 ascended to the throne in 1952.
Coxswain Mark Sawyer, Mechanic Dan Guy, and Operations Manager Paul Metcalfe have recently visited the Babcock boatyard at Plymouth where the new boat is being built and were delighted to see how quickly the work has progressed...

Redcar RNLI first aiders assist injured woman

Dave Cocks

Volunteers from the Redcar RNLI lifeboat station were called upon to use their first aid skills when an ambulance crew requested help in treating a woman with a broken leg on Marske beach.
The woman stumbled on soft sand and broke her right leg while walking on the beach with her husband on Saturday afternoon (14 January 2012)...

£90,000 gift from NMP for Cumbrian RNLI lifeboat volunteers

Alison Levett

Media opportunity
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Two great charities come together

Daniel Ashton

On December 2nd December 2011 two volunteer RNLI crew members were setting sail from Southampton onboard the tall ship Lord Nelson. The births had been made available by the ships owners The Jubilee Sailing Trust who had invited RNLI crew members from Salcombe and Spurn Head to take part in the first leg of the delivery passage from Southampton to Lisbon...

Lifejackets for lifesavers – RNLI launches new campaign in Wales

Danielle Rush

The RNLI is today launching an appeal to raise more than £185,500 to provide new lifejackets for its volunteer crews across Wales. The 31 lifeboat stations from Flint to Penarth will benefit from the fundraising drive, which includes the charity’s SOS day on 27 January, 2012...