What is the RNLI?

A video that I made some time ago now.
With many thanks indeed to the RNLI who have kindly uploaded this video onto their official RNLI YouTube Channel: officialrnli.

Please consider viewing this video in HD.

www.rnli.org.uk

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that operates the vast majority of the lifeboats around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

As the RNLI is a charity, it has to raise all of its funds with voluntary donations from the public. It costs £139 million each year to run the RNLI.

The RNLI owns and oeprates 235 lifeboat stations and 300 lifeboats (as well as an additional 100 lifeboats in their relief fleet), positioned around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

The RNLI, as well as lifeboats around our coasts, operate a specialised flood rescue team which has assisted people in flooding situations in places such as Cockermouth (2009), Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester (2007), Filey, Hull and Grimsby (2007), Hereford (2006), Indonesia and Guyana (2005), Boscastle (2004), Uckfield (2000), Bangladesh (1988) and East Pakistan (1970).

RNLI Lifeguards are also stationed at selected beaches along the South, South West, East and North East of England as well as the South of Wales.

All crew members aboard all RNLI lifeboats are volunteers and therefore unpaid. The vast majority all have full time jobs and are prepared to leave their place of work or home at a second's notice to save lives at sea.

The RNLI is a charity. It relies solely on voluntary donations to stay operational. Please take the small step and dontate to them now:

Visit: www.rnlipdd.org.uk/donations
or
Telephone: 0845 121 4999

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[FlipFloptheGog]

I am a member of a Lifeboat crew and I think this is a great video, thank you very much indeed for making and posting it.

Did 155steph ever manage to contact the Lifeboat Crew that rescued her?

[RNLIenthusiast]

@FlipFloptheGog Thank you very much for your kind comment. I'm unsure as to whether '155steph' got in contact with the crew. It may be worth sending her a message to ask. Many thanks!

[155steph]

These people saved mine, my fiance and his uncles lives on Saturday nite, we owe them everything, if i could speak to them directly i would say how thankful we all are and how extremely professional and calm u all were during our rescue-which is more than can be said for us! Anyone who reads this please think very hard because each and every one of the ppl that work for these put their lives in danger everysingle day and trust me its extremely Dangerous i never realised just how dangerous

[RNLIenthusiast]

@155steph Thank you very much for your comments. You may wish to direct them to the officialRNLI website as I am only an RNLI enthusiast, hence my username and I've just made this video to outline the work of the charity. Perhaps if you knew which RNLI lifeboat station the lifeboat came from, you could approach the crew and find out which volunteers came to your aid. Thanks once again.

[155steph]

@RNLIenthusiast yeah i have sent a message through the enquiry section on their website but would like to be able to thank them in person or at least know for definate that the crew involved know that we will be eternally greatful. They saved our lives and risked their own, the sea was absolutely awful!

[RNLIenthusiast]

@155steph Yeh I know what you mean. I'm glad you're OK and afterall, that's what the RNLI are here for!

[155steph]

These people don't get enough recognition and they should. They are truly outstanding people and what they did for us on Saturday will stay with us forever!! Thankyou to each and every member who was involved in our rescue, u are all truly amazing people and i hope you all get to read this and remember where it came from. I was not in a fit state to thank you at the time but believe me i am extrememly thankful!!

[RNLIenthusiast]

Thank you very much indeed! It's greatly appreciated!

[philipmcie]

Super video, a real professional feel! Thanks for sharing ...

[RNLIenthusiast]

No problem!