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It costs around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your generosity means our crews can save lives quickly, safely and effectively.

Andrew Scott, Oban crew.

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Our crews depend on your support to keep saving lives at sea.

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Andrew Scott, Oban crew.

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Your donations help bring people home to their families, including our own lifesavers.

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Ciaran Doyle, from Wicklow

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

Barmouth RNLI’s Mersey class lifeboat, Moira Barrie 12-26, launching at sunset

Donate in memory

A donation to the RNLI is a special way to remember someone who loved the sea.

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St Ives Shannon class lifeboat, Nora Strachura

Give to a special appeal

Find an appeal you'd like to support and help save lives your way.

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RNLI Welly filled with coins on the beach

Pay in your fundraising money

Taken part in an RNLI fundraising event? Great! Pay it in.

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Group shot of Peel lifeboat volunteers outside the lifeboat station housing their Mersey class lifeboat, Ruby Clery 12-22

Philanthropy

Your major gift will help to support the future of lifesaving.

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The Lizard Lifeboat Station’s running costs are supported by a charitable trust

Trusts and foundations

We work closely with charitable trusts and foundations to save more lives at sea.

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Enter the lottery

ALB kit hanging in the station at Dunmore East

Lifeboat lottery

Be in with a chance to win while you support the work of our brave crews.

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St Ives’ Shannon class lifeboat Nora Stachura during trials.

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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Barrow lifeboat volunteers onboard their tamar class lifeboat.

Share giving

Turn your unwanted shares into lifesavings by donating them to the RNLI.

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Shannon class lifeboat at the All-weather Lifeboat Centre

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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Sunderland B class lifeboat

Gift Aid

Boost your donation by 25p for every £1 you donate - it won’t cost you a penny extra.

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