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Will you help keep our lifeboats safe?

Donate to the Secure Our Moorings Appeal

Your support is needed to ensure lifeboats are kept safe and steadfast until the call to rescue comes in.

 
Your generosity could help fund specialist dive technicians and support boats needed to inspect and repair moorings
Your kindness could help buy mooring ropes that keep lifeboats safe and steadfast when it’s time to launch to the rescue
Your support could help fund replacement parts to keep lifeboat moorings secure in all weathers
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We are the RNLI

The charity that saves lives at sea

A bright orange Severn class lifeboat with navy blue hull sits moored to a large round buoy. Dark clouded skies swirl overhead with green rolling hills in the background.

What keeps our lifeboats safe and secure?

Find out more about the work that goes in to keeping moorings secure, ensuring lifeboats are ready to launch.
Three lifeboat crew members in full kit brace against rough seas and spray on the rear deck of an all-weather lifeboat

Bring crews safely home

Help save lives and bring volunteers home safely. Donate now.
A Mersey class all-weather lifeboat rests on the slipway with crew onboard the rear deck, as a crowd gathers on the quayside to watch its final ever launch

Goodbye to the Mersey

Newcastle RNLI bade farewell to the last operational Mersey as it launched for one final time at a special ceremony.
A huge wave breaks over the lifeboat station at Sennen Cove during a violent storm

Stay safe at the coast

Find out how you can keep you and your family safe with our expert water safety guides.
Image for the Stories of Courage podcast. Features a black and white photo of lifeboat crew carrying casualties from a lifeboat to the shore. Also features the RNLI logo and the Lottery Heritage Fund logo.

Stories of Courage

Listen to a special podcast episode retelling incredible tales of bravery and sacrifice from the RNLI during the Second World War.
Black and white heritage portrait image of Ballycotton RNLI Coxswain Patrick Sliney wearing oilskins and a hat

Explore the RNLI's lifesaving history

For over 200 years, the RNLI has been saving lives at sea. Find out more about our lifesaving history.

Rescue stories your support made possible

All rescue stories
A nighttime image of a B class lifeboat and a D class lifeboat floating on the water next to an incident at the base of some cliffs. A spotlight illuminates HM Coastguard volunteers in bright orange jumpsuits as they tend to a casualty.

‘I felt my back break when I hit the ground’

Jon Tweedlie tells the dramatic story of his fall while climbing in Holyhead, and how the RNLI helped him get back on his feet.

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Four RNLI crew members from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboat Station standing in a row.

‘One person was missing’

A yacht is stuck on a notorious sandbank and breaking up in rough seas. In stormy weather, and with waves coming from every direction, will the lifeboat reach the four casualties in time? 
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Bodyboarders and swimmers in the north Cornwall surf – the view from the sandy beach on a sunny day with a smattering of clouds.

Drowning, not waving: lifeguard emergency response

A black and white photo of the Lytham St Annes D class lifeboat on service in 1975. The boat is to the left of a jetty in the water. Three crew members are standing beside the lifeboat in shallow water at the end of the jetty.

From a life saved to a lifetime of support

Anstruther Lifeboat Crew Member Stuart Hoggan watching on from the rocks as the Coastguard rescue helicopter comes into land on the adjacent beach.

A loose rock and a 5m fall: How one scrambler survived

In an emergency at the coast, call 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard.

Cullercoats Lifeboat Helm Anna Heslop on the 200 Voices podcast

Listen to the 200 Voices podcast

Stories of courage, triumph and tragedy from survivors, supporters, and the lifesavers of the RNLI

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Severn class lifeboat breaking through waves

True stories of courage

Visit our online magazine to read some of the most thrilling, dramatic and inspiring rescue stories carried out by RNLI lifesavers
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