Barrow Lifeboat Wins Community Award
Barrow Lifeboat’s volunteers were delighted to be one of the winners at the recent Love Barrow Awards ceremony.
In their 20th year, the Love Barrow Awards, is a celebration of the individuals, groups and organisations that make a significant difference to the Barrow community. Barrow Lifeboat was voted winners of the Oak Tree Award, which was sponsored by the University of Cumbria. Launched in the wake of the pandemic and marked by the planting of an oak tree in Barrow Park, the Oak Tree Award serves as a tribute to the spirit of the community, which continues to grow stronger each year.
At the award ceremony, the volunteers of Barrow Lifeboat, were celebrated for their outstanding contribution to the community and their dedication to making Barrow a better place for all.
Coxswain of Barrow Lifeboat, Shaun Charnley, speaking after the Awards Ceremony, said: ‘It was a privilege to attend the awards evening along with some amazing people and organisations, and we were honoured to receive the award in recognition of the work we do’.
Professor Brian Webster-Henderson OBE, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Cumbria which opens its Barrow Campus in September, said: ‘This award is not only a recognition of those who have strengthened Barrow but also a reflection of our own role in supporting long-term progress in the area. Our new campus will provide a direct contribution to education and opportunities, ensuring that Barrow continues to thrive."
Lifeboat Operations Manager at Barrow, Allen Jones, added: ‘There has been a lifeboat station in Barrow-in-Furness for 160 years and we are proud to be a long-standing part of the community. It takes a huge amount of training effort from the crew to maintain readiness and it is the crew themselves that are the most important. Some of our service calls are very challenging for them and I wanted to make sure that the attendees at the event were all crew members, so they could get the credit. We are really delighted to receive this Love Barrow Award.
The photo shows Professor Brian Webster-Henderson OBE presenting the Love Barrow Award to Barrow Lifeboat volunteer crew members, Shaun Charnley, Jonny Long, Mike Harris, Michael Armstrong and Liam Cooke.
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