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Community Loony Dook raises vital funds for Queensferry RNLI

Lifeboats News Release

The brave souls of South Queensferry dipped more than just their toes into the freezing cold waters of the Firth of Forth yesterday (1 January), in the community run Loony Dook!

Group photo of volunteer crew members with donors MX Medical at the Loony Dook 2023

RNLI/Queensferry

Volunteer crew members with donors MX Medical at the Loony Dook 2023
On January 1 at 12.30pm, an estimated 200 dookers gathered together on South Queensferry high street to enter the Firth of Forth together in aid of charity.

It was an absolute privilege for Queensferry RNLI to receive a record breaking Loony Dook total of £1500.00 and €25.00 raised by the local community!

Local businesses joined in the effort donating their time and produce, including Bold Bakes Queensferry with tasty cakes, The Ferry Tap with warming soup, Nyree piping the Dookers in, and MX Medical providing medical cover.

This effort would not have happened without Loony Dook stalwart Tony, who rallied the troops and the brave dippers who made this day memorable for everyone involved.

THANK YOU from all the volunteers at Queensferry RNLI!

What a way to start 2023!!

ENDS

Notes to editors

· The RNLI is the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

· The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.

· Queensferry RNLI is based at Hawes Pier, South Queensferry, EH30 9TB. The lifeboat station was founded in 1967 and the volunteer crew use an inshore Atlantic 85 B class lifeboat Jimmie Cairncross.

· To learn more about the lifeboat station visit; https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/queensferry-lifeboat-station

Photo Credits

Photo 1 Volunteer crew members with donors MX Medical at the Loony Dook 2023

Photo 2 Lifeboat 'Jimmie Cairncross' with volunteer crew at the Loony Dook 2023

Photo 3 Volunteer crew with the brave Dookers on the beach

All photos should be credited RNLI/ Queensferry.

RNLI Media Contacts

Julie Dominguez, Lifeboat Press Officer, Queensferry Lifeboat Station, julie_dominguez@rnli.org.uk

Adele Allan, Lifeboat Press Officer, Queensferry Lifeboat Station, [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]

RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789


Lifeboat 'Jimmie Cairncross' with volunteer crew at the Loony Dook 2023

RNLI/Queensferry

Lifeboat 'Jimmie Cairncross' with volunteer crew at the Loony Dook 2023
Volunteer crew with the brave Dookers on the beach

RNLI/Queensferry

Volunteer crew with the brave Dookers on the beach

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.