Scarborough RNLI’s Love Your Lifeboat day

The occasion, with a Valentine theme, proved a huge hit with everyone, young and old.

It raised £1,022, compared with £630 last year (62% more). The lifeboat house was full of people right from the start.

Lifeboat personnel gave conducted tours inside and outside both lifeboats and throughout the lifeboat station.

The event featured numerous stalls, RNLI mascot Stormy Stan, a tombola with about 100 prizes and children’s games.

Many businesses and individuals generously supported the event either by mounting a stall or providing raffle and tombola prizes.

They included Hidden Horizons, Sea Life, Wilson’s pub, Brewers Fayre pub, Pot 2 Doodle Do, Joyce Royle, Lorraine Goodchild, Clintons, Everyone Active, the Cricket Club, Oasis café, North Bay Railway, Boundary B&B, Boyes and North Yorkshire Law.

RNLI Media contacts

For more information please contact Dave Barry, RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on: 07890 322992. Or, email: [email protected]

Key facts about the RNLI

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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