Salisbury, Wilton and District Fundraising Branch

The Salisbury Wilton & District Branch is an active fundraising branch which covers most of South Wiltshire and reaches into Dorset as far as Shaftesbury and Gillingham.

The Mudeford Lifeboat is our nearest station at the mouth of the river Avon which runs through Salisbury. They attend in excess of 60 shouts a year. We have a strong relationship with the lifeboat station and their fundraising branch. Members of the lifeboat crew and water safety section help us at several events every year and we help them out too.

We arrange various fundraising events throughout the year. These include:

• Special events in the centre of Salisbury marking the RNLI national Mayday Appeal and Lifeboat Saturday. These are often a combination of RNLI water safety displays, our retail shop and bucket collections throughout the City centre.
• Putting on fundraising events, such as an afternoon of Bridge with a sumptuous cream tea.
• Taking part in various local shows where we also have our retail shop.
• Collections at local sports events, in supermarkets and garden centres etc.

We also raise a considerable amount from collection boxes in over 80 pubs and shops throughout the area.

Volunteers

We are always on the lookout for new supporters in our fundraising area to take part in branch events, and to assist with our collection boxes.

If you are interested in joining the crew or simply receiving our regular newsletters about our fundraising activities and other RNLI news, please contact our Chair, Matthew Sykes at [email protected].

We are always on the lookout for new supporters in our fundraising area to take part in branch events and to assist with our collection boxes.

If you are interested in joining the crew, please contact our Chair, Matthew Sykes at [email protected].

Below are our current vacancies:

Committee Members

The Committee meets about 4 times a year. We are looking for additional members from our fundraising area to support the existing team in developing our programme of events.

Branch Secretary

This role involves organising and administering Committee and general meetings, being a primary point of contact between the Branch and the HQ Volunteer Experience Team and assisting at our fundraising events. The commitment is expected to be 5-6 hours per month spread throughout the year.

Box collector

We have a team of collectors that empty our RNLI collection boxes in pubs, convenience stores etc. throughout the area. We currently have a vacancy to cover the A30 corridor between Salisbury and Shaftesbury. This role usually takes the equivalent of two days twice a year.

Volunteer Ambassadors

Our branch covers a large area and we are looking for Ambassadors throughout the area to help promote the work of the branch. The activities of the Ambassadors would include representing the branch locally, helping with the management of the collection boxes and distributing promotional material about our events. If you wanted to organise an event to support the RNLI, that would be great too.

For opportunities to support the RNLI nationally, please check for volunteering vacancies on the RNLI website.

Our meetings and fundraising events are advertised in our quarterly newsletters. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact us at [email protected].