Mental health issues are now a fact of life throughout every community, workplace, neighbourhood or family. You will unfortunately, know of someone who has suffered or is currently suffering from a mental health issue. In years gone by, if someone Read more…
‘The Beast From The East’ You will have all, either witnessed first hand, read and or watched the effects of the very challenging weather we experienced throughout the UK, aka ‘the Beast From The East’ and Storm Emma. No doubt Read more…
Kent RNLI Education Team at Dreamland This past week, I have been at Dreamland Margate, assisting the RNLI Kent Educational Team, at the Safety In Action event. Safety In Action is part of an interactive learning experience for over 700 Read more…
Lifejacket Clinic held at the Royal Temple Yacht Club On Sunday, myself and one of our Community Safety Advisors ran a lifejacket clinic, hosted by the Royal Temple Yacht Club, Ramsgate. The clinic was set up to check sailors lifejackets Read more…
I have devoted this blog to water safety and drowning prevention. The reasons behind this are: highlight the excellent work currently being undertaken by people who work tirelessely: Becky Ramsey (Doing It For Dylan campaign) Gary Willoughby (Twitter @munchbite) and Read more…
The Umbirical Cord I promised last week after a conversation with one of the Margate Yacht Club members to write a blog about RNLI pagers. Well, as you can see from the photograph below, here it is. The pager is Read more…
On Saturday morning I found myself over at Joss Bay, helping out with the Broadstairs Town Team beach clean. Although, the sun was out and beautiful blue skies were shaping up nicely, the very harsh and bitterly cold wind, which Read more…
I was saddened, to hear over the weekend of the death of the angler who had been out fishing off rocks, as part of a group, at Barras Nose, Tintagel. Pirate FM reported that the gentlemen had been in the Read more…
On Friday evening I popped across to one of our lovely neighbour’s, Margate Yacht Club. I had been invited over by the Commodore, Sue to give a talk on some of the RNLI’s key safety messages. I was immediately impressed Read more…
On Monday afternoon I ventured out into the beautiful half-term sunshine (did someone say sunshine?) onto Kingsgate and Botany Bay to deliver safety messages to dog walkers and other coastal users. We are particularly lucky in Thanet to have a Read more…
