Make a donation
Your donations help bring people home to their families, including our own lifesavers.
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Give money
It costs around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your generosity means our crews can save lives quickly, safely and effectively.
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Leave a legacy
Your Legacy, our lifeline
Gifts in Wills help bring our brave lifeboat crews home safely, and provide the training and protective gear they and our lifeguards need to save lives. After you’ve looked after your family and friends, please consider leaving a gift in your Will to the RNLI.
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Remember someone special
Donate in memory
A donation to the RNLI is a special way to remember someone who loved the sea.
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Support an appeal
Give to a special appeal
Find an appeal you'd like to support and help save lives your way.
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Pay in fundraising money
Pay in your fundraising money
Taken part in an RNLI fundraising event? Great! Pay it in.
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Philanthropy
Your major gift will help to support the future of lifesaving.
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Trusts and foundations
We work closely with charitable trusts and foundations to save more lives at sea.
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Enter the lottery
Lifeboat lottery
Be in with a chance to win while you support the work of our brave crews.
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Payroll Giving
An easy, flexible and tax-efficient way to give a regular donation to the RNLI from your gross salary.
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Donate shares
Share giving
Turn your unwanted shares into lifesavings by donating them to the RNLI.
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Donate Bitcoin
Bitcoin donations
We now accept the digital currency Bitcoin - make a donation and save lives at sea.
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Apple Pay
Learn more about Apple Pay, the contactless payment service that lets you donate to the RNLI at the touch of a button.
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Gift Aid
Boost your donation by 25p for every £1 you donate - it won’t cost you a penny extra.
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