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Respect the Water
Respect the Water RNLI safety awareness campaign

Respect the Water

Fight your instincts, not the water

About the campaign
Respect the water float to live

About the campaign

RTW campaign video
Respect the water watch the campaign video

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Welly walks, bake sales, cycle rides
A tray of cupcakes hand decorated by RNLI fundraisers for Mayday 2016. Lots of different colours and patterns adorn the tops of the cupcakes.

Welly walks, bake sales, cycle rides

Fundraising ideas for you this Mayday

Find a Mayday event near you
Various colours and patterned wellies being worn indoors for the RNLI’s Mayday fundraising event.

Find a Mayday event near you

Make a donation
Clifden crew members on board a lifeboat, dressed in full RNLI kit.

Make a donation

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

Youghal kayker rescue
Youghal lifeboat crew rescue kayaker from cold water

Beating the odds: Kayaker survives fall into a cold sea

Man rescued by Margate RNLI in late night drama
Margate RNLI rescue man in late night drama

Man rescued by Margate RNLI in late night drama

Watch: Sennen lifeguards rescue stand up paddle boarder
Sennen lifeguards rescue stand up paddleboarder

Watch: Sennen lifeguards rescue stand up paddle boarder

Find your nearest lifeguarded beach
Lifeguards at Mawgan Porth beach, Cornwall.

Find your nearest lifeguarded beach

Stay safe by the seaside
Lifeguards at Mawgan Porth beach, Cornwall.

Stay safe by the seaside

How we keep beaches safe
Aerial view of a busy beach on a sunny day

How we keep beaches safe

Latest lifeboat launches

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Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station

Redcar Lifeboat Station

4.51am 27 May 2017

Teddington Lifeboat Station RNLI Teddington Lifeboat Station

Teddington Lifeboat Station

1.57am 27 May 2017

Arbroath Lifeboat Station RNLI Arbroath Lifeboat Station

Arbroath Lifeboat Station

1.40am 27 May 2017

Ballycotton Lifeboat Station Ballycotton Lifeboat Station

Ballycotton Lifeboat Station

12.29am 27 May 2017

Support our lifesavers
Rope being thrown from a boarding boat to Tamar class lifeboat during a training exercise

Support our lifesavers

Help our volunteers get the training they need to save lives