We are immensely proud to receive the utmost prestigious award a charity could ever wish for! We are not only volunteers, but a family with friendship that upholds the passion for our work in life saving and awareness. The King’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award and we are all truly humbled.
Unfortunately storm Ciaran took its toll on our station in the early hours of the morning, rendering the boathouse door unusable and broken. The crew cleared the debris and made safe whilst waiting for a roller door engineer. There was also a lot of damage to other beach huts as well as the many businesses. …
It was great to meet up with Apple class from Newchurch Primary School, and show them what we do.
Thank you to Pebbles Cafe, Sandown and all their customers who helped raise £525 for us, by doing a bonus ball lottery. We can not thank Jen Cook, Hannah Brown, Jane Cole & Deb Webster enough, you are all true friends to our station. This was done by a fortnightly bonus ball draw, mainly from …
We had a lovely card arrive from Ryde Beach Lifeguards who have been operating this year in Sandown. Its been an absolute pleasure in working with your lifeguards and we will look forward to seeing you back in 2023. Well done for all your hard work.
Local children near our lifeboat station, Mia Cule, Isobel Cule & Sienna Watts spent the week decorating stones and selling them along the revetment in Sandown near our station. They wanted to raise £100 but smashed that to Raise £150! They came to our station on Monday to present us the Money. They have also …
It’s always a pleasant surprise when Emilia Belchamber aged 13 from Surbiton and her Aunt Vivien White, pop in to our lifeboat station and present us with a donation each year. This year they raised a staggering £1150 and the previous year was £808.62. Since they started in 2018, they have raised £2658.62, this has …
Mrs Kay Marriott, the Island’s High Sheriff, presented the crew of Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, accompanied by Sandown Town Mayor Cllr Paddy Lightfoot, with volunteers and family members of the Independent Lifeboat. The medals, made of nickel silver which has been designed by Timothy Noad of the College …
Well done to every one that took part in the Ventnor Boxing day swim!