Get on board and volunteer with Seahouses RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Seahouses is looking for additional volunteers to join their lifeboat station.
Potential new recruits don’t need to have sea-going experience to get involved. Team players with enthusiasm and the ability to learn new skills would be ideally suited to the roles.
The charity has a number of exciting opportunities available including lifeboat crew and shore crew, shop volunteers, fundraising and events coordinators and water safety advisors.
For operational roles, recruits must live or work within 15 minutes of the station and be between 18 and 70, dependent on the role.
Joe Mitchell, RNLI Area Operations Manager, explained: ‘Only 10 percent of our new recruits come with professional maritime experience.
‘The RNLI provides comprehensive training to turn ordinary people into lifesavers and by volunteering, people will gain some fantastic experience, knowledge and skills with the RNLI in Seahouses.
‘Around 95 percent of RNLI people are volunteers and find the experience an extremely rewarding one. It’s a great way to make new friends whilst helping to save lives at sea.’
To view the roles that are available, please visit: https://rnli.org/support-us/volunteer/volunteering-opportunities (and type ‘Seahouses’ in the search box). Or to find out more about the roles, please email: [email protected]
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The photograph shows Seahouses RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat. Credit: RNLI.
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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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