Is It A legal Requirement To Wear Lifejackets In the UK there isn’t a legal requirement for leisure boaters wear a lifejacket. However, in Ireland the law requires that appropriate personal floatation devices (PFD’s) are carried on all leisure craft for each member of the crew/passengers; when a vessel is Read more…
Thanet RNLI Community Safety Team Help Prevent Four Tide Cut-Off’s at Dumpton Gap, Broadstairs Members of the Thanet RNLI Community Safety Team deployed to Dumpton Gap on Sunday (12th January 2020) to chat to dog walkers and beach users about coastal safety as part of their proactive Incident Prevention Engagement Read more…
It’s Walk Your Dog Month! Incase you weren’t aware January is Walk Your Dog Month and what better way to kick start your New Years Resolutions by getting out in the great outdoors and walking off some of that festive food and drink? With obvious health benefits for both you Read more…
Worshipful Mayor of Ramsgate Organises Drinks and Mine Pie Morning For Community Groups It was our honour and pleasure to be invited by the Worshipful Mayor of Ramsgate, Raushan Ara to attend her Drinks and Mince Pie Morning at the Ramsgate Town Council Chambers on Monday (9th December). John Homer Read more…
Thanet’s proactive RNLI Community Safety Team enjoyed their annual curry night and awards evening at the Ramsgate Tandoori, Harbour Street on Friday evening (29th November). This was an excellent opportunity for team members to meet up in a relaxed atmosphere, reflect on the lifesaving and drowning prevention work undertaken during Read more…
On Monday (18th November) I was privileged to attend the 2019 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) National Water Safety Conference in London – ‘Making Every Community Count’. The RoSPA conference is where a multitude of influential organisations, charities and government agencies who are all involved in drowning Read more…
High and Low Tide Explained – by Ian Lockyer Although we have given out a lot of advice about how to check for tide times, we still get a lot of enquiries about the fundamental issue of ‘what is a High and Low tide’. Here we try to explain this Read more…
PEGWELL BAY PARK RUNNERS ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT WATER SAFETY The Park Run community is without doubt one of the friendliest and vibrant community running groups that helps people of all abilities to get out out on a Saturday morning to enjoy some fitness. On Saturday (2nd November) our team were Read more…
NATIONAL COASTWATCH INSTITUTION – Herne Bay Several months ago two of our team were fortunate to visit the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) look-out at Herne Bay and enjoyed a tour by two of the Watch Keepers Richard and Julia. Currently there are 56 NCI operational stations and staffed by over Read more…
DARKER NIGHTS – BE AWARE WHEN WALKING CLOSE TO WATER I hope that you are making the most of that extra hour in bed after the clocks went back marking the end of BST (British Summer Time). Of course that extra hour in bed in the morning results in the Read more…
