Charity
Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Charity for 2019/20
Our chosen charity this year is the RNLI.
Our chosen charity this year is the RNLI.
Our volunteer lifeboat crews provide a 24-hour rescue service in the UK and Ireland, and our seasonal lifeguards look after people on busy beaches. Our Flood Rescue Team helps those affected by flooding.
RNLI crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,200 lives since 1824 but we’re more than a rescue service. We influence, supervise and educate people too. Our Community Safety teams explain the risks and share safety knowledge with anyone going out to sea or to the coast. And our international teams work with like-minded organisations to help tackle drowning in communities at risk all around the world.
RNLI crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,200 lives since 1824 but we’re more than a rescue service. We influence, supervise and educate people too. Our Community Safety teams explain the risks and share safety knowledge with anyone going out to sea or to the coast. And our international teams work with like-minded organisations to help tackle drowning in communities at risk all around the world.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is an amazing place that treats children from all over the UK. We were so grateful for the fantastic level of care Poppy received there that we began fundraising in April 2004. To date we have presented over £230,000 to the hospital for much needed neurosurgical equipment and to support research into childhood brain tumours. Over 400 children are diagnosed with a brain tumour every year in the UK. Of these, over 100 will not survive. The research carried out by Poppy’s Consultant Oncologist, Professor Andrew Peet and his colleagues, is vital to improve survival rates and quality of life for children like Poppy.
