Our team are passionately committed to reducing drowning and sharing water safety messages to all communities far and wide. Working in conjunction with partner agenices and community groups the spread of the messages is much wider and more powerful. For example we enjoy working with Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Read more…
It was our pleasure to attend Margate Lifeboat Station on Saturday (12th October) to conduct a lifejacket clinic at the invitation of the Lifeboat Operation’s Manager (LOM) Mr Paul Hodson. Our team are always keen to undertake lifejacket clinic’s and this was no exception. As this is an invaluable way Read more…
World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to raise awareness either within your own organisation, through relatives or friends of mental health issues. The theme of this year’s WMH Day is suicide and suicide prevention. Annually nearly 800,000 people across the world sadly take their own life and there are Read more…
COASTAL WALKING IS SUCH A FABULOUS ACTIVITY – BUT YOU KNOW HOW TO STAY SAFE? The Kent coast has some of the most beautiful beaches and coastline in the UK which draws visitors at all times of the year. Exploring the coastline on foot is an excellent way of enjoying Read more…
Angling is one of the most popular hobbies and sports enjoyed by a wide cross section of the community and at all age ranges. Between 2011-2015, 50 anglers tragically lost their lives while fishing around the UK coastline*. Sadly, expert evidence from Professor Mike Tipton of Portsmouth University (2012) suggests Read more…
PADDLE BOARDING – How to have a fun, but safe time! Paddle Boarding or SUP, has really caught on in recent years, seeing a real growth whether it’s on a solid paddleboard or an inflatable one. The SUP’ing is an excellent way to improve your fitness, including your core strength. Read more…
One of our team, John Homer travelled up to Erith Yacht Club on Saturday (29th September) to help out Gravesend RNLI Community Safety Team to deliver a lifejacket clinic for club members. The aim of the lifejacket clinic is to undertake anumber of safety checks that will give the sailor Read more…
The second blog in the our series ‘How well do you know your lifeboats’? Focusing on the Margate All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) ‘Leonard Kent’. Following the RNLI tradition of naming lifeboats after rivers, the Mersey is named after the River Mersey. The Mersey boat was the first fast carriage launched Read more…
Aumber of our team enjoyed a great lifejacket familarisation session this evening (Thursday 27th Sept). Not only is it vital to refresh and revise knowledge about key lifesaving equipment, but there is always new developments to keep abreast of. One of the items which the team discussed was the successful Read more…
Surfing Surfing is one of the most popular board sports invented, with a reported 20 million surfers across the world with the number on the increase. Every surfer has her/his own reasons for taking up the sport, however, the mixture of physical exercise, increase in wellbeing and mental health; being Read more…
