Newhaven RNLI welcomes new volunteer Chair onto team
Newhaven RNLI welcomes new volunteer Chair onto team
Lifeboats News Release
Susan Carroll, Managing Director of an international leadership consultancy, is confirmed as Newhaven RNLI’s volunteer Lifeboat Management Group (LMG) Chair. Susan will provide local leadership to ensure all matters relating to the RNLI in Newhaven are coordinated.
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LMG Chair Susan Carroll to be pivotal leader within Newhaven’s lifeboat station community
As LMG Chair, Susan will work with all non-operational area leads within the lifeboat station, including Press and Media, Fundraising, Retail, Visits and Water Safety.
Phill Corsi, Area Lifesaving Manager, says: ‘This role focuses strongly on the station’s community engagement. Susan brings a wealth of over thirty years’ experience leading teams towards high performance. We are thrilled to have her on board in Newhaven.’
‘Susan will be a pivotal leader within Newhaven’s lifeboat station community. Susan will apply her skills learned as executive coach, delivering complex change and innovation with companies across multiple industries around the world.’
Susan Carroll, volunteer LMG Chair, says: ‘This role gives me the opportunity to be part of a team within a highly respected organisation. Using my communication skills to build relationships within the local community and to build on the great work of
One team, One crew at Newhaven RNLI.
‘I have decades of experience leading teams and helping others to fulfil their potential, but it is the direct experience of the loss of my beloved sister at sea when we were both children that brings my greatest sense of purpose to this role.’
‘I could not be prouder to volunteer my time to support the charity that saves lives at sea.’
Newhaven’s inshore and all-weather lifeboats are operated entirely by volunteers. So far this year, Newhaven RNLI has launched on 46 service calls to people in trouble on the water, aiding 23 people and accredited with 6 lives saved.
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Notes for the Editor
Newhaven Lifeboat – first established in 1803. Newhaven Lifeboat station has been RNLI operated since 1854. The Newhaven volunteer crew have operated their current all-weather lifeboat, the Severn class ‘David and Elizabeth Acland’ for 24 years. Newhaven RNLI also operates a D class inshore lifeboat that began its two-year trial of service in August 2024.
Service Call - an RNLI ‘shout’ or service call, is an emergency call to the Coastguard that requires an RNLI lifeboat to be launched.
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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.