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.

Whitstable's B class lifeboat flies from the crest of a wave as it navigates grey stormy seas
RNLI Mayday Appeal

Will you help RNLI lifesavers be ready to rescue this summer by donating to our Mayday appeal?

Donate to the Mayday 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
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
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. We need your support to help us raise the final £300,000 needed for this £3.5M project*?
Donate now
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
A Shannon class lifeboat, the newest lifeboat in the RNLI’s all-weather fleet
Help save lives in Arklow
Will you help Arklow RNLI raise €200,000 towards the cost of a new Shannon class lifeboat?
give to Arklow's lifeboat appeal
An RNLI Shannon class all-weather lifeboat powers away from us in rough seas
Clacton-on-Sea RNLI volunteers need your help
Clacton-on-Sea lifesavers need funds for the kit and training that gets RNLI volunteers home safely. Could you donate and help them raise £60,000?
Support Clacton-On-Sea
Port Isaac RNLI’s lifeboat station, with the boathouse doors open
Port Isaac RNLI volunteers need your help

The lifesavers at Port Isaac urgently need a modernised lifeboat station. Will you help them raise the £900,000 needed?

donate to port isaac appeal
Four people riding a D class lifeboat at sea
Margate Lifeboat Station Appeal
Your kindness today will help provide your volunteer lifesavers with the permanent lifeboat station they badly need.
Donate to Margate's appeal