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Tunnocks Supporting a new St Abbs Lifeboat
St Abbs Lifeboat is delighted to announce that an approach has been received from leading Scottish Company Thomas Tunnock & Sons Ltd. “Tunnocks” involving a new Lifeboat at St Abbs Berwickshire. It is expected that this will lead to the completion of Stage 1 of the Appeal launched in early…
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Over £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 Lifeboat. We are working towards setting up “St Abbs Lifeboat” as a new independent charity and are currently operating as…
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Robin Hood Dive Club – Hold a Car Boot sale and raise £320
We like to say a big thank you to the Robin Hood Dive Club for holding a car boot sale in aid of the St Abbs Lifeboat. Their hard work raised £320 which will help to fund the new St Abbs Lifeboat. Robin Hood Dive Club have been fantastic supporters…
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Calendar On Sale Now – helping our crew get their kit back on
The St Abbs market traders have come together with the crew of the St Abbs Lifeboat to create a cheeky charity calendar for 2016. The photographs were taken back in March 2015 before the RNLI announced their decision to close the St Abbs RNLI lifeboat station. Now that the community…
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We 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 meeting held on September 13th 2015, all attending voted unanimously in favour of the project which has initially been named…
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St 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 setting up our own Independant Lifeboat. While people often associate lifeboats with the RNLI. They are not resonsible for operating…
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“RNLI urged to reverse plan to close Scottish lifeboat station” article in the Financial Times
The Financial Times has published an article today (21st August 2015) by journalist Emily Cadman, titled “RNLI urged to reverse plan to close Scottish lifeboat station”. Ewan Gibson, a local resident leading the campaign to save the lifeboat, says there is “bewilderment, real genuine anger . . . a sense of betrayal” at the…
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St Abbs Lifeboat comes to the assistance of one of Our Fishermen
Our fishermen are the backbone of the community. They wake early before the sun has risen and head down to the harbour to take to the sea single-handed in their wee boats. It’s hard work hauling hundreds of lobster pots a day, and it’s also dangerous. Working single-handed, among the…
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Paul 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 it goes directly to the executives of the RNLI who have made this flawed, heavily criticised and dangerous decision. You…
Read MoreThank You – RAF 202 Squadron Search and Rescue
The RNLI are still proposing to close the St Abbs Lifeboat Station on the 8th September and then on the 1st October the RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopter service will be withdrawn from RAF Boulmer, Northumberland. Aftert the 1st October search and rescue helicopters will be operated by the…
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