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Resources, guides and policies

Find useful resources, policies, presentations, and tips to help you get the most out of your volunteer role.

To make it easy to share safety messages and boost fundraising as part of your role as a volunteer, we've created a hub of helpful resources, guides, tips and more.

You'll find downloadable materials to help you tell remarkable stories and share safety advice with your community, including RNLI-branded presentations, action-packed photographs, and water safety booklets. If you're putting on a volunteer fundraising event, read our handy guides to support you along the way.

There are also resources to help guide and protect you in your role, including our latest policies. And if you're a volunteer manager, you can book onto workshops to help support you and the volunteers you manage.

Quick links to key volunteer resources

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Event planning resources
Find useful resources to help you plan events for the RNLI. From top tips to helpful risk assessment guides, we've put together all the resources you need to help you plan and run fun, safe and legal events.
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Policies and guides
Need a refresh on our latest policies and guides? Download them here.
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Resources for volunteer managers
If you manage volunteers as part of your role, we have some useful resources to help you.
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Images, videos and other materials
Download photos, videos and the RNLI presentation to help you tell the incredible stories from across our charity.
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Online Ordering

From event posters to retail stock, order exclusive materials specific to your volunteer role through our self-service system.
People celebrating the Lifeboat Day Centenary at Trafalgar Square in London on 20 May 1924

Photo: Alpha Press

200th Anniversary resources guide

How will you mark the RNLI’s 200th anniversary? Use this handy guide to run your event and be part of RNLI history, helping us be there for the next 200 years. Find event planning essentials, tailored materials and social media assets to bring your event to life.

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Engagement volunteer resources

No matter how you engage with people in your volunteering role, we’ve put together all the relevant resources you need for your area – whether you run fantastic fundraising events, welcome visitors into one of our shops, or promote the RNLI’s lifesaving work to the public as a visits volunteer.

Find more helpful resources

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Water Safety resources
Find resources and information to help you share water safety advice in your community.
Find water safety resources
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Online ordering
Get exclusive resources specific to your role and order materials through our self-service system.
Find out more about online ordering
Barry Island Shop Volunteer Avril Kitchen stood on the beach holding a collection bucket.
Engagement volunteer resources
Looking for resources to help you in your engagement volunteer role? Find it all here whether you're an events, visits or shop volunteer.
Get engagement volunteer resources
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Fundraising and events support
Here you’ll find everything you need to know about being an RNLI volunteer, including training videos to support you in your role, and guides for running fundraising events and activities.
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