Our Campaign
Joining Forces with other Independents
Today crew members met up with Neil Dalton, chair of the National Independent Lifeboat association (NILA) and his wife, Lorna. NILA (www.nila.org.uk) formed in 2022 to promote and support independent…
Read MoreSupport St Abbs Lifeboat by buying a T-Shirt or Hoodie
You can purchase one of our “Support St Abbs Lifeboat” t-shirts, hoodies or zippies directly from St Abbs Lifeboat Shop or by purchasing online from Dunbar T-Shirt Shop. T-Shirts The “Support St…
Read MoreOver £60,000 has been raised – we’re making real progress
With your help and support over £60,000 has been raised since the start of our fundraising campaign. We have set up the committees needed to run the new St Abbs…
Read MoreWe have begun to raise funds for a new St Abbs Lifeboat
The village Community of St Abbs, Berwickshire has now formally agreed to launch a funding appeal in order to operate an independent Lifeboat Station at St Abbs. At a packed…
Read MoreSt Abbs Lifeboat – Going independent
So tommorrow at 9am the St Abbs RNLI Lifeboat Station will close. However this is not the end of the campaign to “Save St Abbs Lifeboat” we’re now looking at…
Read MorePaul Boissier – We’re travelling the 450 miles to deliver the “Save St Abbs Lifeboat” petition to you personally
The petition will be hand-delivered to the RNLI HQ in Poole next Tuesday 1st September. The sheer numbers of people who are deeply concerned about this proposed closure demands that…
Read MoreHundreds Join Protest March
Thank you to everyone who joined the protest march on 4th July 2015. All together there were about 300 people who joined the march including community safety minister and MSP…
Read MoreOur petition heads towards 4000 signatures
St Abbs is a small community, but as the number of signatures to our online petition edges towards 4000 it is apparent that we have the support of people from…
Read MoreOur campaign T-Shirts are proving popular
Wow, we could never have believed they’d be so popular! In just a few weeks we’ve had hundreds of orders of our fantastic T-Shirts which not only raise awareness of…
Read MoreSave St Abbs Lifeboat – The Campaign is Launched
Based on a coastal review undertaken without local consultation, the RNLI executive proposes to close the St Abbs Lifeboat Station. The St Abbs Lifeboat is based in the heart of…
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