Category: Articles
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Marathon Man Des raises over £500 for Exmouth RNLI
Exmouth RNLI volunteer Tour Guide, Des White, successfully completed his 42nd Marathon by finishing the London Marathon yesterday, Sunday 28th April 2019 and raising over £500 in sponsorship for the RNLI. Des, giving an account of his amazing experience, said…
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Warm Easter weather keeps Exmouth RNLI volunteers busy
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched on Saturday 20 April at 2.07pm. A 65-year-old woman was suffering hip injuries at Dawlish Warren and needed pain relief urgently. Shore crew volunteers also attended a lady with chest pains, at the time…
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Exmouth RNLI recruiting additional volunteers after a successful 2018
Last week, the charity that saves lives at sea published statistics from 2018. Exmouth lifeboats launched a total of 73 times on service, assisted 53 people and saved three lives. The sixth busiest station in the south west is recruiting…
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Both Exmouth lifeboats launch on service as boat jumble sale starts
On the morning of 7 April, Solent Coastguard tasked both lifeboats to search for a missing person in the river Exe, near Imperial Recreation ground. Inshore D class lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 9.17am and Shannon class lifeboat R…
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Peter donates £620 to Exmouth RNLI
Local Exmouth man, Peter Andrews, recently made a very generous donation of £620.00 on behalf of the Southampton Lodge of Brevity where he recently completed his tenure as Master of the Lodge. Peter specially selected Exmouth RNLI as his chosen…
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Lympstone Brownies raise £101.50 for Exmouth RNLI
Very grateful thanks to Lympstone Brownies who raised £101.50 for Exmouth RNLI following a fundraising evening on 28th November 2018 that included running stalls such as lucky dip, a dice game, hook a duck and a cake stall etc., Well…
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Exmouth’s Southern Co-Op raises £1,000 for the local RNLI
The staff at Exmouth’s Southern Co-Op in Brixington have raised an incredible £1,000 for Exmouth RNLI in their 2018/19 year long fundraiser for the local lifesaving charity. The campaign, organised by Store Manager, Kirsten WADE and her staff, involved raising…
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Exmouth RNLI rescue two ladies in the river Exe, cut off by the tide, in the dark
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 7.11pm on 25 February, following a call to the Coastguard from two ladies stranded on a sandbank in the river Exe, with an incoming tide. Searching near Exmouth railway station with heat-seeking equipment,…
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Exmouth volunteers played a role in multi-agency tasking to rescue man with possible leg injury
Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat launched at 2.24pm on 6 February to assist Exmouth and Beer Coastguard Rescue teams on Rodney Bay beach. A 73 year old man needed medical assistance at a location inaccessible by ambulance. Three Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers…
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Des goes the distance for Exmouth RNLI
Veteran long distance runner and Exmouth RNLI volunteer, Des White will be running this year’s London Marathon in aid of the local charity. Des has recently qualified as a Tour Guide at the station and is looking forward to raising…
