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Choose a lifeguarded beach so you and your family can have fun and stay safe at the seaside.
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Your loved one will receive an RNLI members' pack with a coastal visit handbook, and much more.
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Help little ones discover the exciting world of the RNLI with a Storm Force membership, our very own club for young people under 9.
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Become a member of the RNLI and you'll be joining a lifesaving family, working together to save every one we can.
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Explore the RNLI's lifesaving history

For over 200 years, the RNLI has been saving lives at sea. Find out more about our lifesaving history.

Rescue stories your support made possible

Tenby's all-weather lifeboat launches from the slipway into the surf on the way to a rescue
'I thought she was gone'
When their daughter was blown out to sea on her paddleboard, two parents can only watch and hope Tenby RNLI get there in time.
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Night-time photo of a crew member onboard an inshore lifeboat holding a searchlight. They illuminate four crew members stretchering off a casualty into the water from the bottom of a rocky cliff
A fall at dusk
The light of a warm Sunday in May was fading when the frantic knocking came on the farmhouse door. A man had just witnessed his climbing partner fall more than 40 feet onto boulders under a sea cliff. Could anyone reach her and get her the medical help she urgently needed?
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A still from a crew member’s head cam footage, showing the bow of an inshore lifeboat powering through a calm, grey sea
‘I didn’t even realise I was cold’
It is a mid-summer evening in Lyme Regis. James and his wife Elise have taken a dip in the sea when James suddenly starts feeling unwell. There’s no vehicle access to the beach and there are no lifeguards, so the couple are completely on their own. Luckily, they have enough battery and a phone signal to be able to call 999 and ask for help.
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Wells D class lifeboat with three crew onboard cruise across the sea - Inset into the picture is a portrait photo of a dog Olive who was rescued by the RNLI
'I saved a dog's life by giving it CPR'
When Wells lifeboat crew launched to a family cut off by the tide, they found a dog in desperate need of help. Crew Member Simon retells the dramatic story.
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Cullercoats Lifeboat Helm Anna Heslop on the 200 Voices podcast

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Stories of courage, triumph and tragedy from survivors, supporters, and the lifesavers of the RNLI

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True stories of courage

Visit our online magazine to read some of the most thrilling, dramatic and inspiring rescue stories carried out by RNLI lifesavers
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