Saving lives at sea - day in, day out, through all weathers throughout the year

The RNLI is 200 years old in 2024 

For 200 years the Royal National Lifeboat Institute search and rescue service has been saving lives at sea.

Support the RNLI in the year of its 200th anniversary

RNLI Lymington Lifeboat

And for over 50 years an inshore lifeboat at Lymington has covered an area of the western Solent. Six awards have been presented to members of the lifeboat crew for gallantry.

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About the RNLI

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the charity that saves lives at sea. When engines fail, when storms hit fishing fleets, when curious teens get cut off by the tide, RNLI crew members are ready to jump in a lifeboat and bring people to safety. RNLI crews and lifeguards have saved over 144,000 lives since the RNLI was formed in 1824. They are seperate from the coastguard and independent of the goverment.

Volunteers provide a 24 hour search and rescue service in the UK and Ireland from 238 lifeboat stations.  Additionally the RNLI has more than 1,000 lifegaurds on over 240 beaches around the UK and operates a specialist flood resue team, which can respond anywhere across the UK and Ireland when inland flooding put lives at risk.

More people than ever need help from the RNLI, too many are still drowning, and lifeboat crews are busier than ever before. Pledge your charity support and you can help them weather the storm. You can help them reach everyone safely and in time by helping to provide everything they need to save lives, including vital training, lifeboat stations that are fit for purpose, protective kit, reliable equipment and the fastest lifeboats. These things may be costly, but they're not as costly as a family losing a loved one to drowning.

There are many ways in which you can help the RNLI. Whether you volunteer, give money, shop with the RNLI or raise awareness, you can be sure that however you choose to provide charity support, you will make a lifesaving difference. Not only to the people we rescue and their loved ones, but to the crew and their families too.

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