Three lifeboat crew members are stood on the bow of a Shannon class lifeboat, looking out to sea on a sunny day with wind turbines ahead of them.

RNLI charity appeals

When you give money to one of our charity appeals, you help vital funds go where they’re most needed.

Charitable giving helps our volunteers to save every one they can

We need your support more now than ever. Our crews don’t launch into unforgiving seas to save most people. They’re out to save every one. Being an RNLI volunteer is unpredictable – our lifesavers never know who will need rescuing next. But they do know they can rely on their training, kit and lifesaving equipment to get them there quickly and bring them home safely.

When you give to one of our appeals your donation helps buy the seconds that save a life and the means that make it possible.

Celebrate the life of someone you love by adding their name to our Launch a Memory lifeboat

An all-weather lifeboat crew could be launching with your loved one's memory right by their side – find out how to add a name to to our Exmouth Launch a Memory lifeboat.

An RNLI crew aboard their Atlantic 85 lifeboat as it speeds along

Summer Appeal - When they need you more than ever

In summer our volunteers are pushed to their limits. Will you donate today?

Give to our Summer Appeal

Lifeboat Crew Member Steve Tustin is standing in front of a blue roller door.

RNLI Mayday Appeal – make a lifesaving difference

You can be the difference between just in time and too late. Donate today to help our volunteers answer urgent calls.

Give to our Mayday Appeal

Four RNLI lifesavers stand in a wet Trafalgar Square. From left to right: An RNLI lifeguard, all-weather lifeboat crew member, inshore lifeboat crew member, and a face-to-face fundraiser.

For 200 years, RNLI volunteers have counted on kindness

Today, they’re still braving wild waters to save others.

See how you can help

Stonehaven Lifeboat Station’s B class lifeboat being pulled out of the shallow water, and onto the shore, by the launch and recovery tractor.

Stonehaven Appeal

Help your brave volunteers raise the £50,000 they need to go towards the cost of a new lifeboat station.

Give to Stonehaven's appeal

Six Dart lifeboat volunteers stood outside of the boathouse around the D class lifeboat, all wearing full crew kit

Dart RNLI needs your support

Help get brave volunteers closer to the £1.2M they urgently need for a new lifesaving home so they can continue saving lives

Give to Dart’s Station Appeal

Crew member onboard the lifeboat in rough sea.

RNLI Appeal – Help them to answer the next call

Volunteer lifeboat crews stand ready to answer the call, day or night, rain or shine.

Support our appeal to answer their call

Anstruther lifeboat station with full crew outside

You can help save lives at Anstruther

Will you help busy Anstruther volunteers build a station for their new lifeboat?

Donate to Anstruther’s Appeal

Kirkcudbright crew stood on station slipway

Kirkcudbright RNLI lifesavers need your help

Will you donate and help Kirkcudbright RNLI raise £50,000 towards the cost of a new lifeboat station?

Kirkcudbright RNLI lifesavers need your help

Chiswick’s E class lifeboat Brawn Challenge during a training exercise on the River Thames. There are three crew members onboard.

Wandsworth Riverside Lifeboat Station Appeal

Your RNLI lifesavers on the Thames desperately need a new lifeboat station. Will you help them raise £2.7M*?

Wandsworth Riverside Lifeboat Station Appeal

The crew at Wexford RNLI stand in front of the boathouse, next to their inshore lifeboat

Wexford RNLI needs your support

Help the volunteers in Wexford raise the €117,000 needed to make their new lifeboat a reality.

Donate to Wexford's Appeal