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\'Don\'t support the RNLI\'.
I saw this on RIBnet forum, food for thought?:
The RNLI do a fantastic job. They save lives. They have brave and dedicated crews. You may need their help one day. So why not support them?
Simply because there are other rescue organisations that need your money more. As a high profile national charity with obvious emotional appeal (just imagine being shipwrecked in a storm . . .) the RNLI is extraordinarily well funded.
There are 1,600 fundraising branches all over the country. A Google search for RNLI fundraising comes up with 5,820 results! You only need to look at an RNLI lifeboat or lifeboat station to see how much money there is -- they have the best of everything, which of course they richly deserve.
However there is also a network of independent lifeboat organisations who don't have access to the vast fundraising network of the RNLI. They do the same job. They are Declared Rescue Facilities, available to HM Coastguard in exactly the same way as the RNLI. Their volunteer crews are just as dedicated and brave. But they have to scrimp and save for everything and their facilities are generally way below the level of a comparable RNLI station.
These will never get the attention of the Women's Institute branches in the Midlands, or manage to form a Fundraising Guild in Wisbech way inland.
The overwhelming majority of general public support will never even know about the other lifeboat services. However, as a small but well informed user group, we are in a position to really make a difference without having any significant effect on the RNLI.
Unlike the £274,000 that the RNLI spends every day, relatively small amounts of money can make a big difference to these independent organisations. In most cases every penny that is donated will go directly to providing the rescue service. Only 80% of the money donated to the RNLI goes to the operations budget, the remainder going on fundraising and admin.
So if you're going to donate money for a lifeboat, why not put it where your contribution will really make difference?
Here are some candidates you might like to consider:
Gosport And Fareham Inshore Rescue Service
www.gafirs.org.uk
Cowes Inshore Lifeboat
www.cowesinshorelifeboat.org.uk
Hamble Lifeboat
www.hamblelifeboat.org.uk
Ryde Inshore Rescue
www.ryde-inshore-rescue.org.uk
Southport Offshore Rescue Trust
www.southport-lifeboat.co.uk
Severn Area Rescue Association
www.sara-rescue.org.uk
The Portishead Lifeboat Trust
www.portishead-lifeboat.org.uk
Humber Rescue
www.humber-rescue.org.uk
Hornsea Rescue
www.hornsea.rescue.btinternet.co.uk
East Sutherland Rescue Association
www.esra-dornochlifeboat.freeserve.co.uk
Loughor Inshore Lifeboat
www.sea-rescue.de/loughor-lifeboat
Haverigg Inshore Rescue
www.haverigginshore.co.uk
I saw this on RIBnet forum, food for thought?:
The RNLI do a fantastic job. They save lives. They have brave and dedicated crews. You may need their help one day. So why not support them?
Simply because there are other rescue organisations that need your money more. As a high profile national charity with obvious emotional appeal (just imagine being shipwrecked in a storm . . .) the RNLI is extraordinarily well funded.
There are 1,600 fundraising branches all over the country. A Google search for RNLI fundraising comes up with 5,820 results! You only need to look at an RNLI lifeboat or lifeboat station to see how much money there is -- they have the best of everything, which of course they richly deserve.
However there is also a network of independent lifeboat organisations who don't have access to the vast fundraising network of the RNLI. They do the same job. They are Declared Rescue Facilities, available to HM Coastguard in exactly the same way as the RNLI. Their volunteer crews are just as dedicated and brave. But they have to scrimp and save for everything and their facilities are generally way below the level of a comparable RNLI station.
These will never get the attention of the Women's Institute branches in the Midlands, or manage to form a Fundraising Guild in Wisbech way inland.
The overwhelming majority of general public support will never even know about the other lifeboat services. However, as a small but well informed user group, we are in a position to really make a difference without having any significant effect on the RNLI.
Unlike the £274,000 that the RNLI spends every day, relatively small amounts of money can make a big difference to these independent organisations. In most cases every penny that is donated will go directly to providing the rescue service. Only 80% of the money donated to the RNLI goes to the operations budget, the remainder going on fundraising and admin.
So if you're going to donate money for a lifeboat, why not put it where your contribution will really make difference?
Here are some candidates you might like to consider:
Gosport And Fareham Inshore Rescue Service
www.gafirs.org.uk
Cowes Inshore Lifeboat
www.cowesinshorelifeboat.org.uk
Hamble Lifeboat
www.hamblelifeboat.org.uk
Ryde Inshore Rescue
www.ryde-inshore-rescue.org.uk
Southport Offshore Rescue Trust
www.southport-lifeboat.co.uk
Severn Area Rescue Association
www.sara-rescue.org.uk
The Portishead Lifeboat Trust
www.portishead-lifeboat.org.uk
Humber Rescue
www.humber-rescue.org.uk
Hornsea Rescue
www.hornsea.rescue.btinternet.co.uk
East Sutherland Rescue Association
www.esra-dornochlifeboat.freeserve.co.uk
Loughor Inshore Lifeboat
www.sea-rescue.de/loughor-lifeboat
Haverigg Inshore Rescue
www.haverigginshore.co.uk