It was fabulous to wish Happy Fathers Day to all the dad’s on our Community Safety Team on Sunday 16th June. Hope you had a terrific day! Members of our team talking to a boat owner at Ramsgate Harbour whilst checking lifejackets
Drowning Prevention Week The Water Safety Code is shared by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), Royal Lifesaving Society Society (RLSS) and Swim England – all key Drowning Prevention and Water Safety organisations. As part of our commitment to supporting the RLSS Drowning Prevention Week we have included the Water Read more…
The Summer months are a fabulous time to enjoy water activity either at the coast or inland at home and abroad. Unfortunately, some people are prepared to take risks whilst on holiday which they wouldn’t necessarily do and not take some basic precautions. We are committed to sharing safety messaging Read more…
Our Drowning Prevention Week stand all set up at Viking Bay, Broadstairs Viking Bay, Broadstairs was the location of our Drowning Prevention week Pop-Up stand on Saturday (15th June). The Drowning Prevention week was created by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) which aims to reduce the number Read more…
On Friday morning (14th June) Margate Inshore Lifeboat was requested to launch by the UK Coastguard to a person reported in the water at Botany Bay, after entering to try and rescue their dog who had got into difficulty in the sea. The lifeboat launch was cancelled when the UK Read more…
Friday (14th June) marks the start of Drowning Prevention Week. This has been created by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) will see a deluge of water safety activity flood the UK and Ireland from 14 – 24 June, 2019. The national campaign aims to ensure everyone knows Read more…
Ian Lockyer (Community Safety Adviser) together with Stuart Cattell (Margate Lifeboat Crew Member and RNLI Lifeguard Supervisor) attended a safeTALK workshop on the 11th of June at ‘The Corner’, Ramsgate. The workshop which was led by Sally Ward (Family Intervention Programme Manager) from the Salus Group who provided ‘suicide alertness’ training Read more…
Last years Water Savvy Day Our team along with our Gravesend RNLI Community Safety colleagues are super excited to be supporting the Annual Water Savvy Day this year at Bewl Water. Incase you haven’t heard of it this is a fun day for all the family dedicated to water safety Read more…
Pictured at last years fabulous Walmer Lifeboat Station Open day, Dave (left) and Joel (right) helping to run a lifejacket clinic Volunteers’ Week is celebrated each year to say thank you and celebrate the value that volunteers bring to communities across the UK. We highlighted members of our team on Read more…
Members of the Swim Safe Team in 2018 Today, we are hugely excited to announce that the public Swim Safe dates have been released for Margate. Incase you haven’t come across Swim Safe before, these are jointly run swimming lessons by the RNLI and Swim England during the school Summer Read more…
