Ten Years of Dedication at Stonehaven RNLI

This weekend, the Stonehaven RNLI finally managed to get their volunteer crew and partners together for a well deserved celebratory evening. It also provided the perfect opportunity to present 10-year service commemorative coins to those original crew members still giving their time week in, week out 10 years on.

Stonehaven RNLI volunteer crew are available 24 hours a day, every single day of the year. When that pager goes off wherever they are, be it at their places of work, having their Sunday roast or sound asleep in their beds, they answer the call. They leave their friends and families at a moment’s notice to help those in peril on the sea.

Also fitted in around their regular lives are the training sessions twice a week and time given to public events, fundraising activities and charity challenges.

Andy Martin, Volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager at Stonehaven RNLI, and one of the original crew members himself, said: 'Ten years ago volunteers from our community answered the call to re-establish a RNLI station here in Stonehaven. With the approach of our 10-year anniversary, we wanted to recognise volunteer crew members who had given their time freely over the last 10 years. Something we will continue with as volunteer crew reach this significant milestone.

'It was fantastic to get so many of the crew together, with their partners, for a sociable and celebratory evening. Without our operational crew and the support of their families Stonehaven RNLI could not function as well as does.'

Notes to editors

· Stonehaven lifeboat station was re-established in 2013, although the tradition of lifesaving goes back as far as 1854. To learn more about the lifeboat station go to: https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/stonehaven-lifeboat-station

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Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI charity 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 142,700 lives.

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