Peterhead crew member features on RNLI 200 Voices podcast

In Pulling Through Sarah tells of being crowned Miss European, and the reactions she gets when people discover she’s a lifeboat crew member. In the podcast she also encourages other young women to consider volunteering for the charity and speaks of the support she receives from fellow crew members.

The RNLI 200 Voices podcast series is produced by Dan Holland, a former Lifeboat Press Officer at Kessock RNLI in Inverness.

Other Scottish episodes already available include:

· Rich Rewards: Olivia Davison, the Kessock crew member celebrates mucking in, coming out and enjoying being part of one crew.

· ‘Weathering the Storm’ Tobermory RNLI’s Dr. Sam Jones tells how wild weather and forbidding seas aren’t the only challenges the RNLI has faced.

· Rescuing Minnie Mouse: Ronnie Copeland. Here the veteran Largs lifeboat man, who was instrumental in saving 296 lives, recalls stories from his time with the charity.

· Courage in Wartime: a WW1 Rescue comes from Fraserburgh. In 1915, seas carried an extra danger, after a steamer is sunk by a submarine, RNLI lifeboat Lady Rothes is launched. Fraserburgh Sea Cadets pick up the story.

Available across all podcast platforms and the RNLI’s website, listeners can hear this episode and others from survivors, supporters, volunteers, lifeguards, celebrity ambassadors, historians and many more from across Wales, England, Scotland Ireland and beyond.

Launch into a podcast like no other: Listen to the RNLI’s 200 Voices daily wherever you get your podcasts or at RNLI.org/200Voices.

To find out more about the RNLI’s bicentenary, visit www.RNLI.org/200.

Notes to Editor:

· Episode attached.

· Sarah Patterson picture attached

· An RNLI spokesperson is available for interviews.

· An audio trailer for 200 Voices can be downloaded here and a video trailer can be downloaded here.

· Find out more about the RNLI’s bicentenary at RNLI.org/200

RNLI media contacts

To arrange an interview or for more information about the 200 Voices podcast series, contact Tom McGuire, RNLI Regional Media Officer, on [email protected] or 00353 874764436.

Alternatively, you can contact the RNLI Press Office on [email protected] or 01202 336789.

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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 over 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 142,200 lives.

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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