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Open day success at RNLI St Davids Lifeboat Station

Lifeboats News Release

RNLI St Davids opened its doors for behind the scenes tours of the station and lifeboats on Saturday 22nd June.

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All-weather lifeboat Norah Wortley awaits the launch of inshore lifeboat Marian and Alan Clayton

The charity’s state of the art station, Tamar class lifeboat and D-class inshore lifeboat proved a popular attraction, as well as the refreshments and home-made cakes on sale from the coast path above.

With over 130 visitors, including many well behaved dogs, the volunteer crew delivered tours throughout the day to visitors both local and from further afield.

All three station lifeboats were used in the launch and demonstration at 4pm, drawing a large crowd to the coast path and station.

Thanks to the generosity of local bakers and visitors to the station, over £650 was raised for the charity.

John Williams, Lifeboat Operations Manager for St Davids RNLI lifeboat, said: ‘On behalf of St Davids Lifeboat station, I just wanted to extend our warmest gratitude to each and every one of you who joined us for our station open day. Your presence and interaction with our stations team made the event a truly special occasion! A big shout-out to our dedicated fundraisers, volunteers and crew who generously gave their time to showcase our station to the public. Special thanks to all those who baked and donated cakes for the event, their delicious contributions were a massive success! Without your unwavering support and the donations you made, we wouldn’t be able to continue our life-saving mission around our coastline.’

RNLI media contacts

For more information please contact Simone Eade, RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 07799 804 922 or [email protected] or Claire Fitzpatrick-Smith, Regional Communications Manager on 07977 728 315 or [email protected] or contact the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.

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Delicious RNLI welly boot biscuits kindly made by five year old Isla

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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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