Business Awards donation to Hartlepool RNLI

The money was part of a sum raised at the recent Business Awards event that was held at the Borough Hall on the Headland.

Hartlepool RNLI Enterprise Branch fundraising co-ordinator Tommy Price said ‘On behalf of all the volunteers at the Ferry Road lifeboat station we would like to say a massive thank you to the Hartlepool Business Awards team and all the local businesses that made the night such a great success and contributed to this donation’

‘With more than 25 call outs this year already the support from Andrew Steel and his colleagues is so important to allow our volunteer crewmembers to carry on our role of saving lives at sea’.

Hartlepool Business Awards co-ordinator Andrew Steel said ‘As a business community we are delighted to support the vital work of the RNLI charity and the trustworthy and courageous volunteer crew members who help those in difficulty at sea’.

For more information please contact Tom Collins, Volunteer RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer on: 01429 266103

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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