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Skerries RNLI lifeboat station welcomes the RNLI 200 scroll relay

Lifeboats News Release

As part of the RNLI’s ‘Connecting our Communities’ relay to mark the charity’s 200th anniversary, a scroll bearing the RNLI pledge came to the station in Skerries on Friday afternoon (30 August).

Cate Monaghan, Sam Shiels and Marian Kennedy with the scroll

RNLI/Gerry Canning

Cate Monaghan, Sam Shiels and Marian Kennedy with the scroll

The scroll was signed in Skerries by Sam Shiels, Marian Kennedy and Cate Monaghan, representing the Operations team, Fundraising team and Shop team respectively.

The pledge reads: ‘Whoever we are, wherever we are from, we are one crew, ready to save lives. We’re powered by passion, talent and kindness, like generations of selfless lifesavers before us. This is our watch, we lead the way, valuing each other, trusting each other, depending on one another, volunteering to face the storm together. Knowing that, with courage, nothing is impossible. That is what has always driven us to save every one we can. It's what makes every one of us a lifesaver.’

Beneath the pledge, printed in seven languages (English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Ulster Scots, Manx, and Cornish), it says: ‘Signed in 2024 by representatives of the RNLI’s lifesaving communities, on behalf of all who strive to save every one.’

For further information about the RNLI’s 200th anniversary, visit RNLI.org/200.

RNLI media contacts

For more information please telephone Gerry Canning, Skerries RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 087 988 4965 or email [email protected] or Nuala McAloon, RNLI Regional Communications Manager on 087 648 3547 or email [email protected] or Niamh Stephenson, RNLI Regional Communications Lead on 087 1254 124 or [email protected] or Tom McGuire, Regional Communications Manager on 0874764436 or email [email protected]

Skerries RNLI Volunteers with the scroll

RNLI/Gerry Canning

Skerries RNLI Volunteers with the scroll
Sam Shiels signing the scroll

RNLI/Gerry Canning

Sam Shiels signing the scroll
Cate Monaghan signing the scroll

RNLI/Gerry Canning

Cate Monaghan signing the scroll
Marian Kennedy signing the scroll

RNLI/Gerry Canning

Marian Kennedy signing the scroll
RNLI 200 Scroll

RNLI/Gerry Canning

RNLI 200 Scroll

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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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