RNLI Education News

RNLI lifeguards saving lives in Cameroon

Niamh Stephenson

While RNLI beach lifeguards take a break from life-saving on the North coast of Northern Ireland, RNLI Lifeguard Supervisor Tim Doran, originally from Armagh and living in Portstewart, along with his colleague Ross Macleod, RNLI Beach Safety Programme Manager, were busy teaching others how to save lives thousands of miles away in Cameroon.

The two lifeguards were part of a joint international project between the RNLI and the Swimming Teachers Association (STA)...

St Helier RNLI lifeboat crew touched by school's efforts to raise £1100

Anna Messervy-Evans

Earlier this afternoon, Friday 27 January, teachers and students of Les Quennevais school held a heart-warming afternoon of fundraising to support the three St Helier lifeboat crew running the London marathon.

Three St Helier lifeboat crew members who are running the London marathon for lifeboat in April, were at Les Quennevais school this afternoon attending the event that the school organised as part of their annual fundraising efforts for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution...

Young musicians raise money for The Lizard RNLI lifeboat

Lyndsay Bray

Members of The Lizard lifeboat welcomed a group of young musicians to the station on Saturday 14 January.

They had come to present Coxswain Andrew Putt with the money they had raised from playing their brass instruments to the residents of Mullion on Christmas eve...

Landewednack school children visit The Lizard RNLI lifeboat station on SOS Day

Lyndsay Bray

Children and Staff from Landewednack School at The Lizard celebrated the RNLI's annual SOS fundraising day in style when they all visited the brand new Lizard lifeboat station at Kilcobben Cove.

Having made their way down to the station via the many steps that lead to it, they were welcomed by Coxswain Andrew Putt and other members of the stations' volunteers...

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...

School carries out sponsored silence for St David's RNLI

Jim Phillips

On Tuesday (24 January) volunteer crew members from St David's RNLI lifeboat station attended Ysgol Bro Dewi, St David's to receive a cheque for £100, which had been raised by school pupils.

The pupils had raised the money by carrying out a sponsored silence, and decided to present the proceeds to St David's RNLI in order for the volunteer crew to carry on their lifesaving work...

RNLI invite supporters inland to Sea Our Services for SOS Day 2012

Amy Caldwell

The RNLI are urging the residents of Plymouth and surrounding areas to come and Sea Our Services on Saturday 28 January as they bring their lifesaving equipment inland to the city centre for the charity’s biggest fundraising event, SOS Day 2012*.

From 9am until 5pm, the RNLI will set up an exciting display of equipment stationed on the city centre piazza including; a D-class inshore lifeboat, an RNLI lifeguard Rescue Water Craft, Flood Rescue kit and tractors used to launch the charity’s lifeboats...

Coleraine pupil Kyle (9) is named winner of RNLI Christmas e-card competition

Laura Fennimore

Coleraine school pupil Kyle Mairs, aged 9, has won the age 8-11 category of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Christmas e-card competition. Kyle's design will now be available on the charity’s website for people to send, with festive greetings, to their friends and families...

Young fundraisers beaver away for RNLI at Sutton Coldfield

Carolyn McLaughlin

Members of the 17th Sutton Coldfield East All Saints Beavers Scout Colony have recently raised £250 for RNLI.
Young members of the Beaver Scouts club have been busy fundraising over the past six months to raise funds for the RNLI...

RNLI launches international development programme to help prevent drownings worldwide

Laura Fennimore

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is to start actively stepping-up its overseas work, to help developing search and rescue-related organisations and reduce the estimated 1.2M drownings that occur around the world each year...