Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched their inshore lifeboat yesterday evening following a number of 999 calls reporting a windsurfer in difficulty on the River Exe.
At 6.14pm yesterday Saturday 27 March 2021 Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II was launched having been tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of a male windsurfer apparently in difficulty and unable to make progress. He was last reported on the River Exe between the River Exe Café and Lower Halsdon Farm, Exmouth.
The lifeboat was commanded by Helm, Guy Munnings and volunteer lifeboat...
On the request of East Devon District Council, for the first time this year, the RNLI will provide lifeguard cover on Exmouth beach over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 2 April to Monday 5 April).
The lifesaving charity has been working with partners behind the scenes through the challenges of lockdown, to recruit, train and prepare their lifeguards for what is expected to be another busy summer on UK beaches. The RNLI will deliver its usual lifeguard service across the UK and Channel Islands this year in the standard phased approach.
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched their lifeboats early this morning following a report of six individuals aboard a yacht that had run aground off Exmouth seafront.
At 02.47am today Friday 19 March 2021 both Exmouth RNLI lifeboats, the all weather lifeboat 13-03 R & J Wellman and the inshore vessel D-805 George Bearman II were launched having been tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of a yacht with six persons on board that had run aground on Pole Sands, Exmouth.
The all weather lifeboat was crewed by Helm, Steve Hockings-Thompson and crew, Mark Sansom,...
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched today following a report of two paddleboarders needing help in the sea off the Exmouth coastline.
At 10.26am today Sunday 28 February 2021 the Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II was tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of two paddleboarders who had become distressed some distance from the shore and found themselves unable to return.
The lifeboat, crewed by Helm, Guy Munnings, and RNLI volunteer crew Mark Cockman and James Edge launched at 10:39am and was able to quickly locate the casualties.
A Torbay garden centre celebrated the amount raised for the RNLI in the run up to Christmas 2019 with a visit from Stormy Sam.
In just three months, staff and customers at Otter Garden Centre in Moles Lane raised over £1,200 for the charity that that is reliant on voluntary donations to power its lifesaving work at sea.
The total came from charity boxes at the tills and donations made to two animated displays over the Christmas period comprising musical polar bears and a group of singing reindeer. In addition, offcuts from Christmas trees were made available to customers to...
Exmouth Lifeboat Station has received a £4,000 grant from Tesco to support it in its lifesaving work.
The station was established more than 200 years ago, with a new station and boathouse created in 2010. The crews have been awarded seven medals for gallantry.
Exmouth’s fundraising branch of the RNLI received the funding from Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme, enabling it to continue saving lives at sea.
Ben Black, fundraising manager, said: “We’re very grateful to Tesco for this money. We rely on donations so we can continue saving lives at sea 365 days a year.
Two charities are set to benefit from money raised by co-operative retail colleagues in Devon thanks to the support of their local customers.
More than £2,600 will be donated to Southern Co-op’s retail store charity partners which include Bow Recreation Group CIC and RNLI Exmouth.
The local causes were chosen last year by store colleagues to become their charity partner for a year – many of the stores are now inviting new applications for 2019-20.
The Southern Co-op retail stores looking for a new partner include Cranbrook’s Younghayes Road, Exeter’s Alphington Road...
Blue Chip Holidays presented the RNLI with a cheque for £1,000.
The Exmouth RNLI was the lucky receiver of the donation, which is to help the crew in all the work they do in the local Exmouth community.
The cheque was given as part of Blue Chip's ongoing support, in which last Christmas the company decided to give the RNLI the money they would normally have spent on company Christmas Cards.
Allan Lambert, managing director of local Exeter holiday operator Blue Chip Holidays handed over the cheque to the lifeboat station, whilst Kevin Riley, MBE, showed the team...
Fundraising volunteers from Exmouth RNLI are busy planning an open weekend at the Exmouth lifeboat station, Queens Drive, on 23 and 24 August.
The free event will be open between 10am and 4pm on both the Saturday and Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend. Dedicated members of the Exmouth Lifeboat Fundraising Team will be manning stalls and providing refreshments.
There will be demonstrations with the inshore lifeboat, George Bearman and RNLI Lifeguards on both days. On the Saturday, Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn will be launching in the afternoon to attend the Dawlish...
The power of the sun is helping to raise money for the Exmouth RNLI.
Following the launch of the charity’s new Shannon-class lifeboat at the weekend, local solar PV experts SunGift Solar have pledged to donate £50 to the charity for every system ordered this month.
“As a local company, we were full of admiration for those who helped raise £150,000 towards the new lifeboat, and we want to do our bit to help too,” said Ellen Rodger, director at SunGift Solar. “The RNLI team in Exmouth does marvellous work – saving lives at sea – and we’re fortunate that we have such a...
