Welcome to the RNLI, Weston-super-Mare

 

Last Shout - 18th December 2009 - Shout info: click here          Latest Fundraising Update - 20th January 2010: click here 

 

Welcome to the dedicated website for the Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station. We hope that you will find it both interesting and informative. Please remember the RNLI is the Charity that Saves Lives at Sea which receives no government funding but relies entirely on the generosity of people like you! Please continue to support us in any way that you can, so that we can continue to answer the call for help when needed. Every rescue starts with the coins in the box!

 

Pete Holder, Lifeboat Operations Manager

**UPDATED** Tough Ten 2010  -  Photograph Competition Winner - Meet the Crew -  Lifeboat Launches on your Mobile! 

 

 

Tough Ten - Our "Golden Bond" Runners!

 

14th February 2010 will see the annual Weston-super-Mare Tough Ten, again raising funds for Weston RNLI!

 

 

Golden Bond Runners for 2010, running partners - Crew Member Nigel Congram, and Dave Snook, will be competing in this Sunday's Tough Ten. Both competed in the 2009 race, completing the course in a very respectful 84 and 87 minutes respectively. Aiming to beat their times during this years race, look out for them running in the yellow Lifeboats vests.  

 

   

Golden Bond Runners - Nigel Congram, Crew Member, and Dave Snook

 

Golden Bond entrants comit to raising at least £100 in sponsorship - so help them both achieve this by donating now!

 

Nigel's Just Giving Page

 

Dave's Just Giving Page

 

Come along and cheer on all the runners - the main race starts at 11am, and the 1 mile fun run at 11:15. Starting point is on the South Side of the grand pier.

 

Entry is still open for the fun run - and will be on the morning of the race at Weston College. Come along and support a great cause!

 

For more info - www.toughten.co.uk

 

The RNLI winner of its Photographer of the Year Competition

A local photograph steals the top spot! 

 

8th January 2010

 

The lifesaving work of the RNLI's volunteer crew has been captured by the winner of the charity's annual Photographer of the Year competition, announced today (8 Jan 2010) at the Prebon Tullet London International Boat Show.

 

Howard Evans, an RNLI fundraiser from Western-super-Mare, won first prize for his picture of local crew launching a D class inshore lifeboat through surf. Howard said: 'I was surprised when I was told I'd been shortlisted as I didn't know I'd been entered into the competition in the first place, but I was very pleased to win.'  Howard has been helping his wife Marion fundraise for the charity that saves lives at sea for the last five years. He took the pictures on an open day at the Weston-super-Mare station. He said: 'It was quite gusty and showery at times - a normal summer's day. The crew were launching the boat in difficult conditions and I just caught them at the right moment. They did all the work really.'

 

 

Pete Holder, Lifeboat Operations Manager at Weston-super-Mare RNLI lifeboat station entered a selection of Howard's pictures into the competition. He said: 'I looked at them and thought, blimey, they're nice pictures. The more I looked at them the more I thought that these were real action shots, not posed. The volunteer crew here at Weston face those kind of conditions quite often. The shallow water and breaking waves are typical here and the photo really captures what we do.'

 

Martin Fear, the crew member pictured in the water, said: 'I remember the day it was taken; we were doing a rescue demo on our open day and I was helping to launch the boat back to sea. It was quite rough. One minute I was waist deep in water and then the next set of waves would go over my head, so once the boat was pointing in the right direction I jumped back in pretty quickly.'

 

Martin said the rest of the volunteers at the station were impressed with the picture. He said: 'It's a good photo and the guys like it. I think it shows that lifeboats aren't all about big boats. It's about smaller boats that can be used inshore, and of course it's about the volunteer crew who use them.'

 

Eleanor Driscoll, RNLI Film and Image Manager, and head judge of the competition said: "The standard was very high this yeat, but Howard's picture stood out because it illustrates perfectly the challenging conditions our volunteer crews have to deal with, as well as the team work that is needed not only to launch a lifeboat, but to save lives at sea on a daily basis.

 

The competition aims to find pictures that reflect the lifesaving work of the RNLI. Volunteers and crew send in pictures to compete in four categories; rescues, people, fleet and landscapes. The overall winner is picked from the winners of each category.

 

 
 

Meet the Crew

 

The Crew Gallery for 2009 is now available!

 

 
 
 

Lifeboat Launches on your Mobile!

 

RNLI supporters in the UK can now stay connected with lifeboat launches on their mobile phones.

Choose your favourite stations and receive an SMS message once the lifeboat has launched on emergency service.

You choose how much you'd like to pay for each message received. A portion of the fee will come to the RNLI, so not only are you kept in the know, you are also contributing to the real cost of the lifeboat launch. The amount donated depends on your mobile operator.

Our SMS alerts are triggered by the crew pager system, so when they get the call, you do too. However, unlike our volunteer crews, you can choose what time of day you'd like to receive alerts and set a limit on how many messages you receive. You can also pause the service for a while, for example if you're going abroad on holiday.

 SMS Alerts

  • Keep informed by mobile phone of the latest lifeboat launches.
  • Choose which stations you would like to follow.
  • Choose how much you would like to be charged for each notification message received and choose a maximum amount you would like to spend each week.

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