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Caravanners pitch up with donation for Hunstanton RNLI

Lifeboats News Release

A caravan club pitched up on 4 August with a £400 donation for a Norfolk lifeboat station.

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Claire Green from the South Essex Caravan Club presents a cheque to Launch Authority Jeff Lenton at Hunstanton RNLI
Some 92 members of the South Essex Caravan Club brought 40 caravans to a week-long rally at Hunstanton.

The group were on their 15th visit to the seaside town. And as they have each year, they came to its lifeboat station before heading home, with a donation towards its work.

Rally Marshall Claire Green said members had raised £403.02 whilst enjoying everything from Prosecco and bowls, to a hog roast and water-fight on the field.

Members of the lifeboat team had also called in to give a talk about the station's history and their work.

Claire presented the cheque to Launch Authority Jeff Lenton, after he gave them a tour of the ops room.

'You never know who's going to need them and it's such a fantastic charity, with people giving up their time,' she said.

'They don't get government funding but it's been going 200 years now, which is quite an achievement.'

Jeff said: 'Thanks for coming to see us again, it's really appreciated.

'If it wasn't for people like you, we couldn't exist.'

Editor's notes

Hunstanton is one of Norfolk's busiest lifeboat stations, operating both the inshore lifeboat Spirit of West Norfolk and search and rescue hovercraft Hunstanton Flyer.

It covers The Wash, a tidal estuary fed by five main rivers of more than 100 square miles, along with parts of the north Norfolk coastline.

Like more than 200 RNLI stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland, its lifesaving work could not be possible without the kindness of those who give donations or leave legacies to the charity that saves lives at sea.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of both the RNLI and the founding of a lifeboat service at Hunstanton.

RNLI media contacts

For more information call Chris Bishop, Hunstanton RNLI volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer on 07584 147219, Clare Hopps, RNLI Regional Communications Manager, North and East on 07824 518641, or the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.


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