Eastbourne RNLI looking to recruit volunteer fundraising coordinator

You would become part of the charity’s ‘One Crew’ ethos liaising with the water safety team, museum and shop team and operational crew to ensure joint participation in our fundraising events.

As well as this you would be responsible for planning and delivering a calendar of RNLI events aiming to engage with the local community and visitors to Eastbourne and build partnerships with local businesses to increase awareness of local lifeboat services and the work of the charity. All in the ultimate aim of raising vital funds for the RNLI.

You would join an enthusiastic team of volunteer fundraisers and be responsible for managing them as well as using a variety of methods to recruit new volunteers.

Recent and upcoming events that the fundraising crew have been involved in include a collection at Eastbourne railway station plus the upcoming annual 999 services weekend on the Western Lawns which always draws a large crowd.

Graham Dent, volunteer fundraiser said of becoming a volunteer fundraising coordinator ’the RNLI is a charity that depends on voluntary donations and gifts in wills, so joining the Fundraising Team at Eastbourne RNLI is a great way to help raise money to support the important work of saving lives at sea and on the water. It offers the opportunity to make new friends, and to participate in a series of local outdoor activities, events and collections, and indoor displays and presentations, while also liaising with local communities and businesses to increase awareness of, and encourage support for, the lifeboat services.'

If this role sounds interesting to you or you have any further questions about it, or simply want to make an enquiry then please do not hesitate to contact our community manager Megan Murphy at [email protected]

RNLI Media contacts

For further information please contact:

Fliss Snalam, volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer, email [email protected] or Regional Communications Manager, Jess Curtis, email [email protected].

You can also contact the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789 or email [email protected]

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,700 lives.

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Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries

Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.