Exciting opportunities to join Teignmouth RNLI Fundraising and Engagement team

So why and who are we recruiting?

Volunteer Shop Manager

If you have ever visited our Lifeboat Station shop you will know that it is small but beautifully presented, and run by a hugely supportive and enthusiastic team who do a brilliant job selling our good quality RNLI merchandise 11 months of the year. Sadly, our wonderful Volunteer Shop Manager has had to stand down due to ill health. She leaves with great reluctance, saying: ‘I am so sad to leave because I have just loved every minute of it. It has been a golden opportunity to meet so many lovely people both inside and outside of the RNLI.’

Fundraising Treasurer:

As a charity funded entirely by public donations, our Treasurer plays an essential role in recording income, tracking expenditure, and keeping our accounts in order. Unfortunately for us, our current Treasurer who has done a brilliant job, is going to be moving away from the area with her husband (also one of our Boathouse Visits Volunteers) but will be able to give a detailed handover. Reflecting on her experience she said: ‘I have taken pride in being part of such a motivated team and ensuring every donated penny is handled with the integrity and transparency that the public expects, protecting the RNLI’s reputation and its mission’.

Fundraising and Engagement Team Chair:

Our current Chair will be stepping down at the end of 2025, following the biggest event of the year, our Boxing Day Walk in the Sea, to pursue other volunteer opportunities within the RNLI but will still be around to hand over to a new Chair. The Chair plays a pivotal role in the life of Teignmouth Lifeboat Station. The Fundraising and Engagement Team helps ensure the resources, funding, and community support are in place to keep our Lifeboat operational. The Chair is supported by team leads in each area.

She has described her time in the role as “a privilege to lead the Fundraising and Engagement Team, who are all so committed to the RNLI’s cause, and so enthusiastic about contributing to our Station, and showing the local community how well everyone at Teignmouth Lifeboat Station work together under our ‘One Crew’ ethos to raise essential funds.”

So, if you, or anybody you know, would like any more information, without any obligation, about any of these roles, or any other volunteer opportunities with Teignmouth RNLI, in event organisation, our shop, our Boathouse Visits Team or Collection Box team, please contact Jason Luff (RNLI Community Manager) in the first instance by email on [email protected]

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,700 lives.

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Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries

Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.