Littlehampton RNLI volunteers visit Float to Live trailer

The RNLI and Scania, who have been partners since 2024, are working together to share the RNLI’s Float to Live message over the peak summer month. From 21 July, Scania is helping share vital water safety information by wrapping one of their trailers in the RNLI’s Float to Live campaign advert and driving it around the country.

The Scania Float to Live trailer is acting as a mobile, high impact billboard to help share the lifesaving message across multiple locations. As August brings the highest number of visitors to the coast during the school holidays, the trailer will play a key role in ensuring the Float to Live message reaches as many people as possible when it matters most.

The trailer arrived in Littlehampton on 22 July to share the Float to Live message. Parked on Sea Road, the trailer will be there until 27 July. Littlehampton RNLI’s volunteer crew Steve, Matt, Cian, Stuart, Posie, Bea, Sam and Josh visited the trailer on 25 July.

Nick White, Littlehampton RNLI’s Lifeboat Operations Manager, said: ‘We are delighted to see the Scania Float to Live trailer visiting Littlehampton and helping to push the Float to Live message even further this summer. We know that August is the busiest month on the coast so ensuring that even more people see this vital water safety messaging is great to see.’

The charity’s advice for anyone struggling in the water is Float to Live:

• Tilt your head back, with your ears submerged
• Relax and try to breathe normally
• Move your hands and feet to help you stay afloat
• It’s fine if your legs sink, we all float differently
• Practise floating in a local pool if you can.

If you see someone else struggling in water:

• Phone 999 to get help
• Tell them to stay calm and float on their back
• Throw rescue equipment to help them float until emergency services arrive.

For more information visit RNLI.org/Float.

RNLI Media Contacts

For further information, please contact:

Beth Brooks, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer for Littlehampton RNLI, [email protected]

Julie Rainey, RNLI Regional Communications Lead for London and South East England, 07827 358256, [email protected]

RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789, [email protected]

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