Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe Lifeboat Guild Jigsaw Festival
Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe Lifeboat Guild are holding a Jigsaw Festival on 10 August 2019 to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
Volunteers will be selling jigsaws and books at the Meridale Centre in Sutton-on-Sea on Saturday 10 August from 10.00am to 1.30pm. Refreshments will also be available.
Kim Hoey, Guild Committee member, said: ‘We are holding this new event on a Saturday to hopefully attract tourists visiting the area, as well as local people. There are several caravan and holiday parks in the area and we know that in inclement weather jigsaws are always a good way of filling time.’
Donations of jigsaws would also be very much appreciated. Contact Kim Hoey (07544 191913) or Lesley Robinson (078806 092528) for further information.
The Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe Lifeboat Guild was formed in 1966 with the aim of raising funds for the RNLI to provide boats, equipment and training for the Volunteer Lifeboat Crews so that they can continue to save lives at sea.
Although early figures of funds are not available, between 1976 and 2018 Guild members raised in excess of £200,373. During 2018 the Guild raised £4774.00 from their monthly coffee mornings held at the Enterprise Hall in Sutton-on-Sea, scrabble afternoons, the generosity of local businesses, individual donations and from home and shop collection boxes.
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The photograph shows RNLI jigsaws available from RNLI shops. Photo credit: RNLI
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