Training in First Aid and Flares

By Ruth Hair | 21 March 2026

Today two of our consultant Doctors, Lyle and Daryl, delivered an excellent First Aid training session. Crew trained on our new portable Laerdal Compact Suction Unit, which considerably enhances our…

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Ten Year Refit and Service

By Ruth Hair | 16 February 2026

The team today saw the culmination of weeks of work to organise the Lifeboat’s ten year refit and installation of new engines by Marine Specialised Technology Group in Liverpool. Even…

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Vintage Evening in the Borders

By Ruth Hair | 21 January 2026

Our thanks go out to everyone at the Border Vintage Agricultural Association who invited us to speak at their meeting this evening. They have chosen us as the charity to…

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Presentation of Loch Art

By Ruth Hair | 7 September 2025

Today we had the great pleasure of seeing Robson Green and his Uncle Matheson present their works of art to our very own Gus and Moira Skene. Robson and Uncle…

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First Class Project

By Ruth Hair | 14 August 2025

As the news is full of stories of folk south of the border receiving exam results, we heard of one result today which particularly delighted us – Adam Skinn has…

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“Practice Makes Perfect”

By Ruth Hair | 27 April 2025

Today we carried out some major incident training, both in the harbour and on the Lifeboat. Crew practiced life support procedures for adults and children in various scenarios including diver…

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Naming of the new Berwick Boat

By Ruth Hair | 12 April 2025

Today we had the privilege to attend the Naming Ceremony and Service of Dedication for RNLI Berwick upon Tweed’s new D-Class lifeboat. The ‘Glenis Joan Felstead’ is named after the…

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Thank you to Borders Crematorium

By Ruth Hair | 12 December 2024

As we approach Christmas, we were very honoured this evening to be invited by Borders Crematorium to attend their Carol and Memorial service in Melrose. During the service we were…

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