As a result of COVID-19 safety protocols our RNLI Community Safety Team is currently unable to deploy to deliver face2face water safety messaging and drowning prevention advice sessions. We have recently witnessed a significant increase in the number of visitors to UK beaches and coastline coupled with a reduced number Read more…
Please Don’t Use The Sea For Exercise Or Recreation The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the HM Coastguard are both calling on people not to take part in any water based activity on or in the sea, to help reduce the risk to the lifeboat crews, Coastguard Rescue Teams Read more…
Stay At Home – Protect The NHS – Save Lives Many apologies for the delay in writing another blog post, but some of our team are key workers and have been pretty busy in their day job working to help protect the public from COVID-19. We hope that everyone is Read more…
Water Safety Advice During Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (Please note that this blog was published before the government lock-down was announced and our advice is to stay home to save lives, not to use the sea for recreation or exercise and not travel to the coast exercise locally). You will all 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…
Lifting The Lid On Thanet’s Lifeguard and Lifesaving Clubs – Part II Broadstairs Surf Lifesaving Club Part II in our series on Thanet’s Lifeguard and Lifesaving Club’s focuses on the fabulous Broadstairs Surf Lifesaving Club. Broadstairs Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) was founded in 2013 and is affiliated with the Read more…
Lifting the lid on Thanet’s Lifeguard and Lifesaving Clubs – Part 1 – Thanet Lifeguard Club Thanet has enjoyed a long history of lifeguard and lifesaving club’s along it’s coastline. Over the years some of it’s members have gone onto become RNLI lifeguards who help keep the beaches safe throughout Read more…
Going on holiday abroad this year? Why not check out these water safety tips? Sadly each year UK residents taking their holiday abroad die through drowning, mainly adults and children. The Safer Tourism Foundation in 2018 (charity dedicated to preventing accidents, injury and illness for holiday makers travelling abroad) indicated Read more…
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…
