
North Berwick RNLI volunteers to climb North Berwick Law every day in May
Volunteers from North Berwick RNLI will take on the charity’s Mayday Mile fundraising campaign which challenges supporters to travel a mile a day in May.
Notes to editors
· You can donate to support the crew’s challenge by visiting https://rnli.enthuse.com/pf/north-berwick-rnli-crew-and-volunteers
· If you wish to take part in your own Mayday Mile challenge and help raise vital life saving funds for the RNLI, visit rnli.org/SupportMayday
· Find out more about Jack Lowe’s Lifeboat Station Project here https://rnli.org/about-us/our-people/promoting-the-rnli/jack-lowe
· North Berwick Law is the remains of what was a volcano 300-350 million years ago in the Carboniferous period which has been weathered away by the atmosphere and ice to form the 187m high volcanic plug that is seen today.
· Library footage and images of North Berwick RNLI are available on request, please use the contacts below.
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Matthew Gibbons, Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer, North Berwick, [email protected]
Natasha Bennett, RNLI Regional Media Officer for Scotland, 07826 900639, [email protected]
Martin Macnamara, RNLI Regional Media Manager for Scotland, 07920 365929, [email protected]
24 hour RNLI Central Press Office, 01202 336789 or email [email protected]
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