RNLI Lifeboat College news

Double Father's Day celebration for Fishguard's newest and oldest RNLI volunteers

Danielle Rush

Proud dad Roger Strawbridge, Fishguard’s longest standing RNLI volunteer and daughter Ngaire, the station’s newest recruit, will have special cause for celebration this weekend. Ngaire, 17, the youngest RNLI volunteer in Pembrokeshire will tomorrow return home after sailing through a sea survival course at the Lifeboat College in Poole...

Naval architects consider search and rescue at The Lifeboat College

Emma Johnston

A total of 78 people attended the Royal Institution of Naval Architects’ (RINA) international conference (27-28 May) about vessels used for surveillance, search and rescue at sea, which, aptly, was held at The Lifeboat College in Poole – the home of RNLI training.
Delegates at the two-day conference considered the challenges faced by organisations involved with search and rescue – and discussed papers on equipment and methods used by designers, operators and owners of pilot craft, patrol craft, small military vessels, and search and rescue craft...

Anthony Press's Ahead for the RNLI

Paul Nicholson

An RNLI Lifeboat volunteer from Sunderland has successfully completed a specialist training course at the RNLI’s purpose-built training centre.
Anthony Jobling, a Lifeboat Crewman at Sunderland for two years has recently returned from ‘The Lifeboat College’ in Poole, Dorset, with three day’s specialist media skills training under his belt...

From The Lifeboat College to the spa!

Emma Johnston

One lucky person who used The Lifeboat College’s conference, training and meeting rooms has won a spa experience following a prize draw, which aimed to promote the facilities on offer.
Rowan Lockyer from Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water won the prize – a ‘Winter Warmer’ package at the Robin James AVEDA Lifestyle Salon and Spa in Poole – which was kindly donated by Trudi Brewer, Salon Manager...

Sunderland RNLI volunteers put to the test at Lifeboat College

Paul Nicholson, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Two RNLI Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland have successfully completed a specialist training course at the RNLI’s purpose-built training centre.
Martin Andrew and Anthony Jobling have both returned from ‘Lifeboat College’ in Poole, Dorset, with a week’s specialist inshore lifeboat training under their belts...

Cleethorpes RNLI lifeboat volunteer wins national training award

Alison Levett

Cleethorpes Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crew member Kelly Blackburn has won a national training award after coming top of the class in a navigation and seamanship course.

Kelly, 25, has won the Paul LeRiche Award, presented each year to the RNLI student who achieves the best results on an Ocean Training shore-based theory distance learning course...

Major seafaring accolade bestowed on RNLI first aid trainer

Tamsin Thomas

Paul Savage, an RNLI Sea Survival and First Aid Trainer at the charity’s Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, has been awarded the prestigious Thomas Gray Silver Medal at the Annual Court of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets. It’s in honour of the work he has carried out redesigning the charity’s first aid package, revolutionising the approach to the training given to the volunteer lifeboat crew and the RNLI lifeguards...

Lifeboat to be named in memory of RNLI branch founder

Laura Fennimore

Event:  Lifeboat naming ceremony and capsize demonstration
Venue: The Lifeboat College, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1HZ
Date:  Friday 14 November 2008
Time:  11:30am
An RNLI D-class lifeboat, which has been funded entirely by a donation from Mrs Sheila Snowie of Soham in memory of her husband Mr Bob Snowie, is to be officially named at a ceremony in the Sea Survival Centre at the RNLI’s Lifeboat College in Poole this Friday (14 November). A capsize demonstration in the sea survival pool will follow the ceremony...

New chef takes the helm at The Lifeboat College

Emma Johnston

Glen Elie who has worked at prestigious Michelin starred restaurants in France and London – including Albert Roux’s Le Gavroche – is the new head chef at The Lifeboat College, the home of RNLI training and a unique place for private dining.
At The Lifeboat College, Glen is responsible for the high-quality locally-sourced food served in the 100-seater Riggers Restaurant – and for private dining events held in the 360º function room, which offers panoramic views across the harbour...

Henley beach boy wins RNLI castle competition

Tim Ash, Divisional Media Relations Manager

A Henley-on-Thames boy is gearing up for a trip to the home of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution after winning the top prize in a sandcastle building competition.
The RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea, ran the competition this year as part of its campaign to promote beach safety and make families and children aware of the most common dangers associated with the seaside...