Stagecoach donation to Eastbourne lifeboats
Local bus operator Stagecoach continues to support Eastbourne lifeboats with another donation.
Eastbourne lifeboats have recently welcomed members of the Stagecoach management team to the station to accept a donation of £810.25. The money was raised at various events such as the special service which operated over the Christmas period shuttling passengers aboard a vintage bus to and from Eastbourne shopping centre. Pictured aboard the all-weather lifeboat Diamond Jubilee are (from left) Ian Stringer, Stagecoach Service Manager and Deputy second lifeboat Coxswain, Garth Porrell specialist vintage bus driver, Krystian Kaczala General Manager and Lifeboat Coxswain Mark Sawyer.
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