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The Craft Bakers Association support Salcombe Lifeboats.

Lifeboats News Release

The RNLI in Salcombe welcomed the Western Region Craft Bakers to the Lifeboat Station recently where the Bakers presented the RNLI with a cheque for more than £1400.

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Craft Bakers Association cheque presentation
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The money was raised at the Craft Bakers dinner dance held at the Thurlestone Hotel recently. The Craft Bakers Association have a long history of supporting the RNLI in the southwest with Micheal Astill, Regional President being a fundraising volunteer for many years based at Modbury in the South Hams.
Philip Ward, Salcombe Lifeboats Fundraising Chair thanked the bakers for their continued support, without which the RNLI could not continue their work to Save Lives at Sea. The party were given a Station tour to show them how the money raised helps keep the crew of the lifeboats equipped with the safest equipment available, funded by public donations.

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Craft Bakers Association cheque presentation
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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 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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David Dancox
Lifeboat Press Officer, Salcombe Lifeboat Station

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