Selsey
Fund Raisers Honoured
John Light,
the Chairman of the Selsey Lifeboat station, recently presented
signed letters of thanks to two of Selsey’s long standing
fundraisers, Richard Milverton and Sue Lintott. The letter was
written and signed the Andrew Freemantle, Chief Executive RNLI
and presented on his behalf.
Sue and Richard
have a total of over 24 year’s service to the lifeboats
at Selsey between them. They are not giving up their efforts in
fact quite the opposite. Richard has just taken over the role
of Chairman of the station’s Fundraising committee and Sue
the Vice Chair role, as well as continuing to edit the Selsey
Lifeboats newsletters. Congratulations and thanks to them both.
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High
safety standards result in cash boost for the RNLI
The RNLI is
£500 better off after staff at Southern Electric’s
business energy Sales department pushed the boat on their safety
record.
Staff were
awarded the money for achieving very high standards of safety
as part of the company’s ‘Make it Zero’ safety
campaign.
National Accounts
Manager, Peter Steel, from Southern Electric’s business
sales department in Langstone, presented the cheque to Nick Kenyon,
Area Fund Raising Manager of the charity at Selsey Lifeboat station,
ably assisted by Martin and Phil. Peter said: ‘We are very
proud of our safety record and pleased that the company has recognised
our efforts. We decided to give the money to a charity with safety
in mind and we’re delighted to hand over the money.
Nick Kenyon
said: ‘It comes as a great boost to receive this £500
from Southern Electric. To go on saving lives at sea means training
and equipping our volunteer crews. It costs money and as a charity
the RNLI relies entirely on donations such as this from individuals
and organisations.
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RNLI
SOS Day
On Friday
at the request of the Chichester RNLI Association, nine crew members
along with members of the Fund Raising committee went along to
Chichester Railway station for a collection for SOS day. By supporting
us the public were helping the RNLI to go on saving lives at sea.’
The crew members, Craig Sergeant, Rob Archibald, Peter King, John
Reeves, Bruce Jenkins, Chris Harvey, his brother Mike and Dave
Lamdin supported by Jean Light, (looking good in RNLI colours),
Shaun Elphick, Jeanette Burgoyne (very smart in her Royal Navy
gear) and Richard Milverton, worked shifts from 7am until 7pm
and raised just under £500:00. Well done to them all.
SOS Felpham
Sailing Club Appeal
Supporters of the RNLI for many years FSC raised over £278:00
from their SOS appeal activities. As part of their annual prize
ceremony they held a raffle and competition. Some of the youngsters
in the photo help by selling raffle tickets.
Roger Belton,
Commodore of the club, said ’We are proud to raise money
to help the work of the RNLI and as a family orientate club make
sure our youngsters respect the sea and the work of the RNLI.
SOS Day in Chichester
When Nat West Bank decided to hold an SOS event to support the
Selsey Lifeboats Sally Hubbard and Christine Irvin of our Lifeboat
Association joined in the fun selling RNLI souvenirs.
Eight members
of Nat West ran a rowing day in their Chichester Branch and rowed
a total distance equal to crossing the channel twice using two
rowing machines. Through sponsorship and donations from customers
and shoppers passing by raised a total of £2,500:00.
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Selsey
Lifeboat Association
Souvenirs
and gifts have always been a popular way for the public to support
the RNLI. We now have over 735 shops around the UK and Ireland
– all of which are operated by volunteers. There has been
a Lifeboat Shop of some sort or the other in Selsey since 1980,
starting with a caravan purchased for £200 and has a compliment
of shop helpers who help make sure customers are served in a friendly
and efficient way under the leadership of their chairman Ros Bonham.
After several
years of having a temporary souvenir shop Selsey’s Lifeboat
Association have taken delivery of a brand new shop. Getting the
shop into position was a tricky job as it had to be craned over
the inshore lifeboat house. Once in position it was discovered
that the existing foundations needed to be modified. Lifeboat
Crew member Max Gilligan took on this task after which all the
services were connected and the shop fitted out.
The shop has
now been restocked in readiness to open for the season and many
new items will be added during the coming months by way of Sally
Hubbard who is responsible for ordering new stock. The new shop
was officially opened by Mr Mike Beal, Chairman of Selsey Town
Council.
Selsey’s
Lifeboat Association chairman Ros Bonham said “2008 had
been a good year for the Selsey Lifeboat Association with RNLI
Souvenir sales reaching a record £31,000. This was an excellent
achievement placing Selsey at 48th place out of 735 Lifeboat Shops
in England and Wales. In addition the SLA raised a further £6,500
towards the running costs of the Selsey Lifeboat. This had been
achieved through the hard work and commitment of the volunteers."
Selsey’s
Lifeboat Association has a 35 strong team of volunteers who, as
well as keeping the souvenir shop running, go to many events around
the area throughout the year selling the RNLI souvenirs. Without
the efforts of committed teams like this, and all the other people
who do all sorts of things to raise money to support the RNLI,
we could not carry out our lifesaving role.
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