St Davids RNLI Crew Members Roger Smith and Dai John in their all-weather kit walking up the slipway as the sun sets in the distance

Donate in memory

RNLI/Nigel Millard

Thank you for choosing to give in memory of someone you love and miss. However you decide to remember them with the RNLI, you can be sure that together, you and your loved one will help save lives at sea for years to come.

When you make a memorial donation for a loved one, they become a lifesaver – and so do you. There are as many unique ways of donating in memory as there are people. We’re here to help you make a lasting and fitting tribute – to help you remember them in the most meaningful way.

Four ways to give in memory

Launch a Memory. Celebrate and honour a loved one by adding their name to the side of a lifeboat.
Donate in memory. Make a one-off donation in memory that will help power our lifesaving for years to come.*
Organise a funeral collection so that people attending a memorial service can remember your loved one in a way that’s meaningful to them.
Create a Forever by the Sea Tribute Fund where friends and family can share memories of someone dearly missed.

*As a thank you for your in-memory donation, you'll receive a special pack of sunflower seeds to grow as a reminder of your loved one and the lifesaving gift you gave in their memory. 50p of your first voluntary in-memory donation is payment for the purchase of the seeds. We will send one pack of seeds per supporter.

Explore more ideas for giving in memory below.

Discover all of the ways you can remember your loved one

Five Girvan crew members in crew kit walking along a beach in the evening with the sun setting in the distance

Light the way home with a monthly gift

Set up a regular donation for our lifesavers to make sure the light never goes out.

Set up a monthly gift

Josh Crave and his friends competing in the Red Bull Soapboax Race for the RNLI, in memory of his grandad.

Events in memory

Tribute Funds can be used alongside your personal JustGiving fundraising page to raise money to remember someone dear to you.

Organise an in memory event

Swanage RNLI's Shannon class lifeboat, showing how the names of loved ones will make up letters and numbers on the boat's side.

Launch a Memory

Celebrate and remember your loved one by adding their name to a lifeboat. They’ll be there, beside the crew, every time they launch to the rescue.

Add a name to a lifeboat

Give an in memory donation

Your precious donation will power our lifesaving, making you - and your loved one - lifesavers too.

Give in loving memory

Three crew members standing on the slipway at Largs

Create a tribute fund for your loved one

With an RNLI Forever by the Sea tribute fund, you can share treasured memories and help to raise money for the RNLI.

create a tribute fund

Funeral donations

Organise an RNLI collection for your loved one’s funeral or memorial service, and you’ll be honouring them in a meaningful way.

Create a funeral collection