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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

Watch the campaign video

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

On 30 May 1940 the RNLI were involved in the dramatic Dunkirk rescue
Warships take part in the Dunkirk evacuation

On 30 May 1940 the RNLI were involved in the dramatic Dunkirk rescue

Dunkirk rescue feature
how the RNLI were involved with the Dunkirk rescue

Read how crew members from the RNLI took part in the rescue

RNLI twitter dunkirk
RNLI lifeboat that took part in the Dunkirk rescue

Follow the rescue in 'real time' on our twitter page

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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Sheerness Lifeboat Station Sheerness Lifeboat Station

Sheerness Lifeboat Station

9.29am 30 May 2017

Helvick Head Lifeboat Station RNLI Helvick Head Lifeboat Station

Helvick Head Lifeboat Station

8.35am 30 May 2017

Helvick Head Lifeboat Station RNLI Helvick Head Lifeboat Station

Helvick Head Lifeboat Station

8.23am 30 May 2017

Stornoway Lifeboat Station Stornoway lifeboat station

Stornoway Lifeboat Station

7.06am 30 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