- SSILB Awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary ServiceWe are immensely proud to receive the utmost prestigious award a charity could ever wish for! We are not only volunteers, but …
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- Our Station Takes a Battering!Unfortunately storm Ciaran took its toll on our station in the early hours of the morning, rendering the boathouse door unusable and …
- Newchurch School VisitIt was great to meet up with Apple class from Newchurch Primary School, and show them what we do.
- A First for the Station!Helicopter exercise this morning with Coastguard 175. A 1st for us, female crew winched by female helo winchperson. And plenty of exercises …
- Thank-you Pebbles!Thank you to Pebbles Cafe, Sandown and all their customers who helped raise £525 for us, by doing a bonus ball lottery. …
- Thanks Ryde Beach Lifeguards!We had a lovely card arrive from Ryde Beach Lifeguards who have been operating this year in Sandown. Its been an absolute …
- Local Children Help to Raise FundsLocal children near our lifeboat station, Mia Cule, Isobel Cule & Sienna Watts spent the week decorating stones and selling them along …
- Thanks to Emilia and Vivien!It’s always a pleasant surprise when Emilia Belchamber aged 13 from Surbiton and her Aunt Vivien White, pop in to our lifeboat …
- Platinum Jubilee Medal CeremonyMrs Kay Marriott, the Island’s High Sheriff, presented the crew of Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, …
- Ventnor Boxing Day SwimWell done to every one that took part in the Ventnor Boxing day swim!