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Tony Wild, a volunteer helm at the RNLI lifeboat station at Redcar, North Yorkshire, had an appointment with royalty on Thursday 31 May 2018 when he attended the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Tony Wild, together with his wife Mandy, was invited to represent the RNLI at the event, held on the lawns of the palace. Her Majesty The […]
» Read moreA yacht struck rocks at Redcar after suffering an engine fire, prompting a joint rescue by RNLI lifeboats from Redcar and Hartlepool on Saturday 26 May 2018. The alarm was raised just after 5.15pm by an off-duty Redcar RNLI crew member who saw the yacht sailing close inshore and then strike rocks known as East Scar. The Redcar lifeboat launched […]
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Looking for that once-in-a-lifetime Christmas present? Always dreamed of watching the game in the lap of luxury? Wanting to reward hard-working employees? And want to do your bit to help save lives at sea? Well we’ve got the answer. As MFC’s official charity partner, we are offering for auction two pairs of hospitality tickets, donated by MFC and worth £145 […]
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RNLI volunteers will be fielding a strong team at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough on Saturday 25 November 2017 – collecting vital funds for the charity. The Redcar RNLI lifeboat station is Middlebrough FC’s charity of the year, and before the crunch Championship match against Derby County crew members and fundraisers will be outside the stadium when they hold a bucket […]
» Read moreA Redcar RNLI volunteer had his grooming session cut short when his emergency pager sounded on Saturday 28 October 2017. Cameron Bond, a helmsman at the Redcar station, had settled into the Turkish barber’s chair and was nearly at the end of his trim when the alarm came to rescue a kayaker who had been thrown into the sea […]
» Read moreWe received this lovely email from Texas, USA today. And we’re only too glad to oblige! Hi! I just wanted to send you a quick email on behalf of some of the children I volunteer with at The Brenham Community Center here in Texas. We’ve been reviewing some resources on the internet for a project about educating people about […]
» Read moreIt was a case of new meeting old when the Redcar lifeboat came across a former RNLI lifeboat more than 40 years its senior while out on a routine training run on Sunday 27 August 2017. The volunteer RNLI crew was at sea familiarising itself with new navigation and communications equipment fitted to the station’s Atlantic 85 class lifeboat during […]
» Read moreThe Redcar RNLI lifeboat station hosted a visit by a relay aimed at bringing emergency services together to raise awareness of mental health and to rid the stigma surrounding it. On Tuesday 8 August 2017 the relay torch was brought to the lifeboat station by Ian Widdas and Phil Spencer of Cleveland Police and was handed into the care […]
» Read moreMiddlesbrough football club have announced that Redcar RNLI are the club’s official charity partner for the 2017/18 season. In a statement issued by the club they say: ‘The club are delighted to announce that Redcar RNLI are the club’s official charity partner for the 2017/18 season. ‘We are teaming up with Redcar branch of the nationwide charity and will be […]
» Read moreAs the school summer holidays approaches, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCGA) have issued a joint statement regarding safety on the coastline. Training matters when it comes to saving lives at sea. When HM Coastguard trains together with the RNLI, it matters. Together we make a rescue force to […]
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