A Mayday fundraiser and an RNLI crew member

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Mayday 2019

What is Mayday?

Mayday is our yellow-themed annual fundraising campaign, which runs from 1-31 May. It’s a celebration of our volunteer lifeboat crews, who are on call 24 hours a day, every day, to save lives at sea.

This year, we want to raise £700,000/€780,000* to fund the vital kit that protects them in all weathers. Whether you fundraise, join an event or donate, your help this Mayday will make a lifesaving difference.

*Any funds raised over our £700,000/€780,000 target will go towards funding our lifesaving work around the UK and Ireland.

Four easy steps

1 sign up

2 get your fundraising pack

3 choose your activity

4 raise money AND have fun

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A group of Mayday fundraisers wearing yellow

Go yellow

This Mayday, we’re getting our yellow kit on – like our lifeboat crews do every day to save lives. There are loads of ways to raise money, from organising a yellow-themed dress-down day to whipping up some lemon tarts for a bake sale.

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Lowestoft lifeboat volunteers onboard their Shannon class lifeboat in extremely rough conditions

No time to spare?

If fundraising isn’t for you, please help keep our crews safe by donating online. Just £25 could buy a pair of gloves to keep our crews’ hands warm and dry on long, cold, rain-soaked shouts.

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Girvan’s Shannon class lifeboat in big seas

Why kit matters

When our brave volunteer crews answer the call for help, they don’t know what they’ll be facing. Huge waves, storms, darkness. They need to be prepared for anything. Having the right kit can mean the difference between life and death – for them and the people they rescue.

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