New Year gift for Flint RNLI

Doug and Gail Ellis from the Boots and Buckles Line Dance group paid a surprise visit to Flint Lifeboat Station and presented the volunteers with a donation of £87.

The Line Dance group based at Bagillt Community Hall were formed in 2006 and originally met at the Sports & Social Club formerly the Cons Club, each Christmas they collect and donate money to good causes, this year they chose the RNLI.

Alan Forrester volunteer lifeboat operations manager said:

'We are really grateful to the Boots & Saddles line dance group for their generous support and we wish them well with their fund raising efforts in 2019’.

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Report from Richard Polden Flint RNLI volunteer press officer, telephone 01745590331 or 07496770576

• Flint RNLI lifeboat station was established 1966. To learn more about the lifeboat station go to www.rnli.org.uk/flint
• Since 1966 Flint Lifeboat has launch over 700 times, saved 100 lives, and rescued a further 148 people.

· Flint lifeboat and its volunteers responded to 14 calls in 2018

· Potential lifeboat crew and fundraising volunteers, contact Alan Forrester on 07785593247

RNLI media contacts

Richard Polden, Flint RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 01745590331 or 07496770596 or Danielle Rush, RNLI Media Relations Manager in Wales on 01745585162 or 07786668829 or RNLI Press Office 01202336789.

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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Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries

Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.