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Shoreham Harbour RNLI celebrates its best fundraising year ever in 2024

Lifeboats News Release

Volunteer fundraisers at Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station raised an amazing £91,000 during the RNLI's 200th anniversary year, up from £68,135 in 2023 and £34,235 in 2022, thanks to its team of volunteer fundraisers and its wonderful supporters.

Photo of December Dip participants running into the sea.

RNLI/Michelle Tugwell

December Dip 2024

Fundraising events included the lifeboat station’s popular quizzes, the December Dip and a Fish and Chip Supper night, with new events including a very successful Lifeboat Week in August and a Christmas Fair and Santa’s Grotto.

Lynn Spillett MBE, Fundraising Chair at Shoreham Lifeboat Station, said: “To raise over £90k in these challenging financial times is a huge achievement, and we are very pleased to have raised so much to support our volunteer crew’s lifesaving work. All of our “One Crew” volunteers were involved with our fundraising events: our Fundraising team, Shop and Visits team, and our Crew and Operational teams all joined in the hard work, and we had a lot of fun along the way! The support we received from local businesses was invaluable – it’s great to have the support of the local community. My thanks to all our volunteers and supporters for making 2024 such a successful year. It is a pleasure to volunteer alongside you all.”

The lifeboat station is looking forward another busy fundraising year in 2025, with at least two fundraising events per month already in the diary, including station Open Days on 19 April and 29 June, and of course a repeat of the successful Lifeboat Week, which will run from 10 to 17 August. Keep an eye on the Shoreham RNLI Facebook page for further details. https://www.facebook.com/ShorehamRNLI/

If anyone is interested in joining the fundraising team at Shoreham, please contact Lynn at [email protected]. You don’t need any previous fundraising experience, and you can volunteer as little or as much of your time as you are able.

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Contacts: For more information on this news release, please contact:
Liz Zachary, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer,
[email protected]
or Hatti Mellor, Regional Communications Manager,
[email protected]

Key facts about Shoreham Harbour RNLI: Shoreham Harbour RNLI has been saving lives at sea since 1865. Home to a Tamar class all-weather lifeboat,1 the Enid Collett, and a D class inshore lifeboat,2 the Joan Woodland, the crew respond to, on average, 80 to 90 shouts3 a year, covering an area from Brighton Marina to Worthing Pier. The station is run by around 100 volunteers who include a lifeboat operations manager, launch authorities,4 boat and shore crew, an administrative officer, press officers, fundraisers, shop staff, a visits team, and water safety advisers. No experience is needed to join as a volunteer as comprehensive training is provided.

Key terms explained:

1 More information on the Tamar class all-weather lifeboat can be found here: https://rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet/tamar-class-lifeboat

2 More information on the D class inshore lifeboat can be found here: https://rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet/d-class-lifeboat

3 “Shout” is the term used by the RNLI when a lifeboat is launched following a request from HM Coastguard.

4 Launch authorities (LAs) are the volunteers who receive the first contact from HM Coastguard and who will agree to launch a lifeboat. They also help the lifeboat operations manager (LOM) with the day-to-day management of the station.
Stormy Stan outside Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station

RNLI/Michelle Tugwell

Stormy Stan visits Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station

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.

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