Comedian Stuart Mitchell supports Portree RNLI

Stuart Mitchell, who is underway with his debut national tour Tips Not Included, has received over 100 million views online and is performing at LAS Theatre in Portree tonight (23 October) as part of the tour.

Stuart visited the lifeboat station in Portree earlier this afternoon to meet some of the crew and fundraisers to help promote the work of the lifesaving charity.

Speaking during his visit, Stuart said:

‘The RNLI is a very worthwhile cause and it’s important to get behind it. The organisation relies on volunteers as its lifeblood with a lot of local community support, which is evident to see. I hope that many people continue to support the RNLI charity with donations.’

David Beaton, of the Skye & Raasay Lifeboat Fundraisers, said:

‘It was very generous of Stuart to come down to the Portree RNLI lifeboat station and to take time out of his tour to help us with some promotional work for the RNLI. As a charity, we rely on donations and support from the public to be able to provide the lifesaving service that our volunteers do.’

The RNLI is the charity that has been saving lives at sea for over two hundred years.

There are over 5,700 volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew members at 238 lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland, with a further 4,000 volunteer shore crew members. Our volunteers are on call and ready to respond to calls for help 24 hrs a day, 365 days of the year.

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Notes to editors

· All photos in this press release are credited to Robert MacInnes/Portree RNLI.

· Portree Lifeboat Station was established in 1991 and operates a Trent class all-weather lifeboat – Stanley Watson Barker. To learn more about the lifeboat station go to: https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/portree-lifeboat-station

· The 2040 Lifeboat Fleet Strategy was published on Thursday 2 October. As part of this, Portree will receive a new Shannon class lifeboat in 2026. The full report and summary is available here: (https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2025/october/02/rnli-evolving-to-meet-lifesaving-demand#:~:text=Our%202040%20Lifeboat%20Fleet%20Strategy,information%20to%20make%20these%20decisions.&text='We%20need%20to%20have%20confidence,changing%20nature%20of%20lifesaving%20demand).

RNLI media contacts

For further information, please contact:

Robert MacInnes, Lifeboat Press Officer at Portree RNLI: 07950 421829 / [email protected]

Richard Smith, RNLI Regional Communications Manager for Scotland: 07826 900639 / [email protected]

Martin Macnamara, RNLI Regional Communications Lead for Scotland: 07920 365929 / [email protected]

RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789, [email protected]

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI is the charity that 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 146,700 lives.

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