RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea

The difference you made in 2016

23 PEOPLE RESCUED EVERY DAY

558 LIVES SAVED

6,100+ LIFESAVERS TRAINED AND EQUIPPED

8,851 LIFEBOATS LAUNCHED

How your support helps

Respect the Water

Respect the Water RNLI safety awareness campaign

Fight your instincts, float to live

Watch the RtW video

Respect the water watch the campaign video

Watch the campaign video

Get involved with RtW

Respect the water float to live

How you can get involved with Respect the Water

Meet the artists

RNLI ceramic by ceramicist and exmouth LPO Emma Tarling

Meet the artists and crafters helping to save lives

Throw bag training

Street pastor using throw bag

Be someone's lifeline: Know how to use a throw bag

Great lifeboat pubs

Great lifeboat pubs

Great lifeboat pubs

Latest lifeboat launches

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Hastings Lifeboat Station

Hastings Lifeboat Station

Hastings Lifeboat Station

7.37pm 20 July 2017

New Brighton Lifeboat Station

New Brighton Lifeboat Station

New Brighton Lifeboat Station

7.23pm 20 July 2017

Hoylake Lifeboat Station

Hoylake Lifeboat Station

Hoylake Lifeboat Station

7.23pm 20 July 2017

The Mumbles Lifeboat Station RNLI The Mumbles Lifeboat Station

RNLI The Mumbles Lifeboat Station

The Mumbles Lifeboat Station

7.14pm 20 July 2017

Support our lifesavers

Capsize training during a trainee crew course at the RNLI College in Poole

Support our lifesavers

Help train our volunteers and you can be a lifesaver too