Free! Over 2,000 Isle of Wight children, to be being given opportunity this summer to learn vital life-saving skills aimed at keeping them safe in the water.
Over the past five years, there have been 65 deaths at the south east coast during the summer months of June, July and August – more than at any other time of the year.
The Bembridge Lifeboat Operations Manager and the station’s long-serving volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer and Deputy Launching Authority, have swapped roles.
In 2015 RNLI volunteer crew members missed nearly 7,000 meals in order to rescue people in need of assistance, so the RNLI are asking people to hold a special fish supper to raise funds for its work.
This September, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is challenging people on the Isle of Wight to give up all drinks except water for ten days to raise vital funds for the lifesaving charity.
The charity that saves lives at sea around the south east coastline has experienced another busy summer period of rescues, as evidenced by figures released this week.
Crew members at lifeboat stations around the coast of the Isle of Wight , Hampshire and Sussex launched their lifeboats a total of 990 times in 2011, assisting a total of 1,054 people.