l'escargot
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There are several independents in the Solent and on the Isle of Wight. They all struggle with fundraising because people often assume they are RNLI. I am more inclined to donate to them.
The RNLI, do you donate?
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prv
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I prefer to donate to independent lifeboats because they're often struggling for cash whereas the RNLI seems to have more than it knows what to do with. Not that I think the RNLI should have less, just that it doesn't appear to be in need of my help.
Pete
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Spyro
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Yes through a give as you earn scheme . It does annoy me some if the stats for lives saved and the unnecessary call outs.
prv
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Huh? The RNLI do not monitor for distress calls or coordinate incidents, and the Coastguard do not, as far as I know, operate any boats. In what way do they overlap?
If it was as well-funded as the RNLI, then considerably better than it is now!
Air ambulances are mostly charities, incidentally.
Pete
MoodySabre
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They do have a Rolls Royce operation and employ well paid to run it properly. The upside is that you call them, they turn up. No shortage of kit, no delays because the old engine won't work, no messing about because they are not trained.
Use a boat, pay a sub. Seems obvious to me.
Use a boat, pay a sub. Seems obvious to me.
Used to - don't anymore.
IMO their stance on lifejackets (to be worn at all times) is way OTT and patronising in the extreme.
PhillM
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But the question was about the RNLI.
I also give to the Gosport team and I reckon they are the ones most likely to pick me up in the worst case, cause I sail past there more then anywhere else. I do give every time we take the dogs down there for a winter walk.
Stokes bay was the first Solent place I first saw when I left Stoke to move down; it was where my wife and I walked the Saturday before the birth of our first born son, and the week after. It's where we still go in the winter with child no5 and two Alsatian dogs. So you could say I have a soft spot for the place. And the rescue team that's based there.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosport_Lifeboat_Station
prv
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In which case my answer would have to be "no", but a bald "no" without explaining why would seem odd, and perhaps as if I was in some way anti-RNLI, which I'm not.
Pete
dunedin
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YES Offshore member and also DD donation.
I cannot believe that ANY forum member would not donate to RNLI and/or one of the independent local equivalent rescue organisations. There are some (a minority) really miserable people on here
longjohnsilver
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I agree with all that, indeed I started a controversial thread about it some years ago which reached one of the yachting mags. However, it does not stop me supporting them, nothing's perfect.
nortonmotors
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I was an Offshore Member for about 20 years and also contributed to every collection I saw.
Then in reply to a written question of RNLI, I was informed that the Poole waterfront building cost £25M and the Harwich one £5m.
I stopped regular contributions and only support local collections, although I guess it all ends up in the same pot.
I once asked a collector in our local garden centre if he knew how much had been spent on property development recently. He had no idea.
Then in reply to a written question of RNLI, I was informed that the Poole waterfront building cost £25M and the Harwich one £5m.
I stopped regular contributions and only support local collections, although I guess it all ends up in the same pot.
I once asked a collector in our local garden centre if he knew how much had been spent on property development recently. He had no idea.
I too have noticed the swanky RNLI 4x4s on the road, giant things that look like props from the set of Baywatch, I hope these are funded by the beachguard commercial activities wing.
Is it true that the RNLI tried to sue independent Solent rescue charities for using the word lifeboat? I cannot find a news reference online.
Twister_Ken
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Offshore member, but loose change goes in the GAFIRS tin in the Haslar Marina Office. (note to self - do it more often)
AndrewB
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Not at present. RNLI is a worthy charity, but does appear to be quite adequately funded. And there are many other also worthy charities that seem more urgently in need of my donations. But I would go back to donating to RNLI if I thought they really needed it.
chanelyacht
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Guess there may have been recent topics on this, but keep seeing posts on facebook from the RNLI about vacancies for fundraisers. Wonder what people opinions are on donating to the RNLI. Think the part of the RNLI does a great job, but i wont dontate as feel they waste so much money. I went to Exmouth boat jumble a couple years back, and the new huge building to house the lifeboat has the inside of its roof lined with what looks like teak. Read the CEO earns a fortune, ( over £100,00 per annum) and not so long ago had his office decorated at a cost in excess of £26,000. Our local lifeguards are swaning around in new plush 4x4`s? Would be interested in opinions on this. Sure there are many more examples of them wasting donations? Interested in opinions on this
A few points -
Boathouses using teak - unlikely, but possible. Tenby's new boathouse cost approx £400,000 more than it needed to due to one reason - council planning consent requirements.
The lifeguards are not in "plush" new 4x4 - the are in Mitsubishi L200s, entry level spec, on a part sponsored deal with Mitsi.
The Chief Exec may earn a "fortune", but he's responsible for a 260 station internationally reknown life saving service : wouldn't you want someone there who know's what they're doing?
chanelyacht
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They didn't try to sue, but an over zealous head of marketing did try to tell the indies they couldn't use the word lifeboat.
A few words were had higher up the tree and the person concerned was swiftly corrected.
chanelyacht
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HM Coastguard and the RNLI do not have overlapping roles. The only area they used to overlap in was sea safety literature, and that was pretty much unofficially outsourced to the RNLI years ago. Even when HMCG ran boats, they were not rescue boats - they were general patrol boats.
As to St Johns, well, their commercial arm does run a lot of NHS contracts (not using volunteers). As to whether they could do it better alone, any organisation (like the RNLI) freed from government / political interference always runs better.
Slycat
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I do. I'm in their dept still!
BTW, what exactly would you expect a CEO of a company to get paid???
Just because an organisation is a charity doesn't mean the CEO should work at reduced rates!
BTW, what exactly would you expect a CEO of a company to get paid???
Just because an organisation is a charity doesn't mean the CEO should work at reduced rates!
JumbleDuck
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So how much do you think lifeboat crews should get paid? After all, just because an organisation is a charity doesn't mean the staff should work at reduced rates! Does it?
John_P
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RNLI is the only charity I support, I donate by DD every month, worth every penny