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Help save lives and bring volunteers home safely
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We are the RNLI

The charity that saves lives at sea

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HEADING TO THE BEACH?

Choose a lifeguarded beach so you and your family can have fun and stay safe at the seaside.
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Launch a Memory

Add your loved one’s name to Swanage’s Shannon class lifeboat and their memory will help save lives at sea
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Float to live

If you're struggling in the water – Float to Live. Knowing how could save you or someone you love.
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Storm Force: The perfect gift for little lifesavers

Help little ones discover the exciting world of the RNLI with a Storm Force membership, our very own club for young people under 9.
Black and white photo of lifeboat crew members carry injured men out of the water and onto the beach

RNLI Stories of Courage

Discover and share accounts of RNLI bravery during the Second World War as we mark 80 years since its end
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Send the gift of an RNLI membership for just £48/€60 a year

Your loved one will receive an RNLI members' pack with coastal visit handbook, and much more
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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

A black and white photograph showing a uniformed coastguard officer holding the arms of two of the crew from the Foremost and helping them walk them down a busy road, which is crowded with people.
Heritage
Heritage
The Foremost rescue: A story of immense bravery
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Katie and Will are holding hands and walking on Borth Beach, next to a calm, blue sea.
‘Floating was the difference between life and death’
Allan Grant (centre) and some of the lifeboat volunteers who saved his life, including (left) Andy Stoner
Hanging on: 2-hour river ordeal
Richard, Charlotte and Ed are sitting on their bodyboards on the sand, wearing wetsuits and still damp from the sea. They’re all smiling and their dog, Flo, sits in the middle of them.
‘Their speed saved my life – and heart’
Tenby's all-weather lifeboat launches from the slipway into the surf on the way to a rescue
'I thought she was gone'
All rescue stories

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

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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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