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9
Incidents in 48 hours for Chiswick RNLI Lifeboat
Starting on 4 July Chiswick Lifeboat attended 9 incidents in 48
hours. For the full story see the
News Release |
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£6,OO0
raised for Chiswick Lifeboat
Following Chiswick Lifeboat crewmember Steve East’s efforts in the
first London to Paris rowing challenge two years ago, on May 9th
2010, the Outloars, a scratch, mixed crew assembled from theUK and Belgium set
off on the same journey. Although adverse weather this time
prevented the rowers crossing the channel in their traditional
Thames Cutters, the Outloars crew sped up the Seine to Paris and
raised over £6,000 for the RNLI. Outloars crewmember, Simon Pelly,
has asked for their fundraising to be associated with Chiswick RNLI
Lifeboat; much of their training was on the patch of
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New Mayor supports RNLI
The new Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham, councillor Adronie Alford,
visited Chiswick Lifeboat station on 7 June. The mayor has made the
RNLI her charity for the year. The many miles of river frontage in
the borough are all within the stretch covered by Chiswick Lifeboat.
Chiswick RNLI and the lifeboat crew plan to be working with the
mayor on her fundraising efforts during her year in office. |
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See
Chiswick Lifeboat Station manager Wayne Bellamy on tv! Recent
interview is now available on
www.chiswicklife.tv/RNLI |
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New Media
The
RNLI sees social networking sites as a key tool to
communicate the work of the charity, especially to younger people.
Chiswick RNLI now has its own Facebook site with news of the station,
and the fundraising branch. It has the latest photos and videos from
the boat camera. Only two months after the launch, the site
had attracted over 300 members;
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Be notified on your mobile phone of RNLI lifeboat launches.
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Keep informed of the latest lifeboat launches by mobile phone
text alerts
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Choose which stations you would like to follow.
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Choose how much you would like to be charged for each
notification message received and choose a maximum amount you
would like to spend each week
Find out more on the RNLI website |
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Station History
Chiswick is one of four RNLI lifeboat stations on the Thames which
became operational in 2002, following the inquiries into the
sinking of the pleasure cruiser,
The Marchioness. |
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Our Patch
Stretches
from Battersea to Richmond. Chiswick RNLI Lifeboat operates through
many historic parts of London |
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