Thanks to our members
Recently Stephen P., Tony, Martin J., Linda M., Helen W. and Peter T. all got in touch with us to name the RNLI as their suggested charity.
As we supported the RNLI last year, we got back in touch with them and they too thought it was a great idea, so we renewed our partnership so that you our OpinionWorld members could help to raise funds for the great work that they do.
More about the RNLI
The RNLI provides an on call, 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service to 100 nautical miles out from the coast of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. This emergency cover is provided by over 230 strategically placed lifeboat stations operated by 4,800 crew members, of which 95% are volunteers.
Registered Charity Number: 209603
These volunteer crew members readily exchange leisure, comfort and sleep for cold, wet and fatigue. Their lifesaving work is essential, often difficult and sometimes dangerous. Lifeboat launches wouldn’t be possible without ordinary people giving up their time and money to help save lives at sea. That’s because, as a charity, the RNLI relies on voluntary contributions to meet the cost of equipment, lifeboats and training.
Since the charity was founded in 1824, lifeboat crews have saved more than 137,000 lives, an average of 21 people a day.
The RNLI also provides a seasonal lifeguard service on over 100 beaches in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Norfolk and Pembrokeshire and has plans to double the size of this service over the next five years throughout the UK.
Our work is as vital today as it was over 180 years ago. As an island nation we are never far from water. Any person living in the UK, at some point, could need the RNLI.
A charity registered in England, Scotland and Republic of Ireland
Did you know?
Today, only 1 in 10 crew members join the RNLI with any professional maritime background and costs on average of £1,000 a year to train each volunteer crew member
The RNLI is 99% funded through voluntary contributions
RNLI lifeguards now work with lifeboat crews to provide a seamless rescue service from beach to the open sea
To find out more about the RNLI, please visit: http://www.rnli.org.uk/