Aldridge Lions help the RNLI Mayday

During the Mayday Fundraising Campaign the RNLI hope to raise £750,000 to help fund vital kit for lifeboat crews to wear when they selflessly go to the aid of people in distress.

The £200 was raised from an Aldridge Lions Coffee Morning held at the Aldridge Methodist Church. A cheque was handed to the RNLI’s Walsall Branch at a “Meet the Lions” evening at the Aldridge Community Centre.

Phil Martin, the Hon. Treasurer of the RNLI’s Walsall Branch said: ‘The RNLI very much appreciate the Aldridge Lions efforts to support our Mayday campaign, and in raising the amazing sum of £200’.

Notes to editors

• The RNLI Walsall Ladies Guild was first formed in 1959.
• In 1984, this was changed to the RNLI Walsall Branch.

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For more information please contact the Walsall Branch Press Secretary, Phil Martin, on 01922 629835 or [email protected] or Eleri Roberts, RNLI PR Manager (Wales and West) on 07786 668829 or 01745 585162. Alternatively contact RNLI Public Relations on 01202 336789.

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.

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