24 June 2022

RNLI joins forces with emergency services in Scotland | RNLI

The RNLI is teaming up with Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), HM Coastguard and Police Scotland to offer potentially lifesaving water safety and rescue training to employees at establishments along the River Nith in Dumfries.

The charity’s Waterside Responder initiative has proven to be a success in other areas of country and is being rolled out across Dumfries and Galloway to promote water safety.

Staff from various businesses, such as restaurants, pubs and shops, along the River Nith

23 June 2022

RNLI Scotland launch safety campaign as 267,000 visited beaches last summer | RNLI

RNLI Scotland launch safety campaign as 267,000 visited beaches last summer

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Her Majesty’s (HM) Coastguard have launched a water safety campaign as figures reveal over 267,000 people visited RNLI lifeguarded beaches last summer.

With a recent survey revealing 35 million people are planning to visit UK coastal regions this summer, the charity’s lifesavers are expecting a busy summer ahead.

Last year, the RNLI in Scotland saw 267,191 visitors on

16 June 2022

Family affair for RNLI lifeguards in Scotland | RNLI

Following their father into the RNLI, the children of Martin McQueenie, RNLI Trainer Assessor and Swim Safe Coordinator for Scotland, are in final preparations ahead of the charity’s beach lifeguard season in Scotland.

Tamzin, Martin’s eldest child who joined the RNLI lifeguard team in 2017, will hopefully be joined by both her younger brothers for the first time this year. Owen took to the beaches for his first season in 2019, while their youngest brother, Ruaridh is currently in training with

16 June 2022

Father-son duo follow a long family tradition at Tobermory RNLI lifeboat station | RNLI

Growing up with Tobermory RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew as almost a second family, the 18-year-old son of Station Mechanic, Paul ‘Gunny’ Gunn, is one of Tobermory RNLI’s newest crew members.

Bobby MacLeod Gunn, who has just finished school, joined the lifeboat crew on the Isle of Mull earlier this year following in the footsteps of not only his father, who joined in 2010, but also his grandfather and great-grandfather.

Bobby’s great-grandfather Bobby MacLeod was on the crew in the 1940s and was

16 June 2022

Schoolgirl shares her future plans of becoming a RNLI lifeboat crew member | RNLI

Schoolgirl shares her future plans of becoming a RNLI lifeboat crew member

Hollie Hutton, the daughter of volunteer Mechanic, Jonathon Hutton, at Peterhead Lifeboat Station, has shared her dream of becoming a RNLI crew member, following in the footsteps of her father.

Hoping to keep it in the family, Hollie has been surrounded by RNLI lifeboats since a young age after her father joined the Perterhead RNLI lifeboat crew in 2014.

Hollie wrote: ‘I feel that I would be a good member to the team a

14 June 2022

Three callouts in 24 hours for Peterhead RNLI lifeboat crew | RNLI

Three callouts in 24 hours for Peterhead RNLI lifeboat crew

No rest for Peterhead RNLI crew as the volunteer team respond to three different shouts within the space of 24 hours.

The first call came in last night (Monday 13 June) around 8.15pm during weekly exercise training when the team were cast to support a search just off of Fraserburgh.

The Peterhead RNLI volunteer crew diverted and responded to the mayday call, alongside Fraserburgh’s all-weather lifeboat, helicopter rescue from Inverne

RNLI News Release • 6 June 2022

Anstruther RNLI to commemorate 10,000 loved ones on the hull of a new lifeboat | RNLI

Anstruther RNLI to commemorate 10,000 loved ones on the hull of a new lifeboat

Through the ‘Launch a Memory’ campaign, members of the public and supporters of the charity will be able to commemorate a loved one by making a suggested donation of £50 online and submitting that person’s name.

The Shannon class all-weather lifeboat, which will be used to enhance the service in Anstruther – one of the UK’s busiest waterways, is the fourth such lifeboat to be part of the RNLI’s ‘Launch a Memory’ fun

18 July 2022

RNLI’s Swim Safe returns to Scotland to deliver sea safety lessons to children | RNLI

RNLI’s Swim Safe returns to Scotland to deliver sea safety lessons to children

This summer, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has teamed up with Swim England to offer children aged 7-14 the opportunity to learn lifesaving water safety skills.

Last year, the RNLI in Scotland saw 267,191 visitors on the lifesaving charity’s eight lifeguarded beaches and expect that number to increase this summer.

Local delivery partners around the UK supported by the national governing body for swi

15 July 2022

East Sands RNLI lifeguard assists two paddleboarders caught in offshore winds | RNLI

RNLI lifeguard jumped into action after spotting two paddleboarders struggling to return to shore on Sunday afternoon (10 July) at East Sands Beach in St Andrews.

After monitoring the progress of the two paddleboarders into shore for around 10 minutes, RNLI lifeguard, Jake Muir, entered the water on a rescue board to assist the pair.

Given the strong offshore wind, the charity's lifeguards made the decision to intervene early and pull the two paddleboarders back to the beach before it became t

12 July 2022

RNLI lifeguards enhance efforts ahead of an influx of visitors for 150th Open | RNLI

RNLI lifeguards enhance efforts ahead of an influx of visitors for 150th Open

With a record-breaking 290,000 fans attending The 150th Open in St Andrews, the charity’s lifesavers are expecting a busy week on West Sands Beach.

Last year, the RNLI in Scotland saw 267,191 visitors on their eight lifeguarded beaches and expect that number to increase this summer, with the number of visitors to St Andrews set to exceed this in the week of The Open alone.

Unprecedented demand to attend this histori