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Andrew Walmsley has recently taken up the volunteer position of Lifeboat Operations Manager at Porthcawl RNLI. Andrew works as an electrical technician and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role having been sea going crew at Porthcawl RNLI since 1995 with much of that time as a helm. He recently stood down
On Monday (4 March 2024) the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) celebrates 200 years of saving lives at sea – thanks to volunteers, like those at Porthcawl lifeboat station, giving their time to save others, all funded by voluntary public donations. On the day the charity turns 200, the RNLI is revealing its lifeboat crews
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer Philip L Missen MBE is stepping down from the role of Lifeboat Operations Manager at Porthcawl having joined the RNLI as a volunteer on 19 April 1974 at 20 years of age. In those days training was conducted at the lifeboat station with more experienced crew demonstrating lifeboat skills to any new
Footage has been released of the moment an exhausted father was pulled from the water by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers after a strong current carried him out to sea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Tb-YDMwRY Ian Heppenstall was swimming off Porthcawl, South Wales, on Sunday 8 October when he found himself in a powerful current being
A mass rescue of swimmers caught in rip current at Rest Bay is just one of the incidents attended by RNLI volunteers from Porthcawl who had a busy afternoon yesterday as the fine weather saw people flock to the coast. Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were first paged by HM Coastguard on Tuesday 5 September at
Porthcawl RNLI are mourning the loss of former fundraiser, Marj Abraham and the station flag currently flies at half mast. Station chair Ian Stroud said: ‘Marj Abraham was a stalwart when it came to raising money for the RNLI and personally raised over £70,000 for the life-saving charity. In 2021 Marj received her 20 year
Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew launched both their inshore lifeboats early in the morning on Monday 21 August to a yacht which was aground at Llantwit Major Beach. The yacht had made a distress call to HM Coastguard after it ran aground and was being battered within the surf. Porthcawl’s volunteer RNLI crew were paged by
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) new 200 Voices podcast launched on Friday 18 August 2023 and, in the run-up to the charity’s bicentenary on 4 March 2024, an episode will be released every day for 200 days. Aileen Jones , helm Porthcawl with Bronze medal for gallantry Each episode of the 200
The volunteer RNLI crew at Porthcawl were paged at 9.22am this morning (13 June) following reports of a light aircraft in the sea between the lifeboat station and the Seabank Hotel at Porthcawl. The Atlantic 85 lifeboat launched to assist. One person was onboard and was taken into the care of Coastguards. Three RNLI lifeboats
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer Amy Bridge and her husband, Bleddyn recently returned to Porthcawl after an epic adventure to Everest Base Camp. Amy said, ‘this was the toughest but best adventure. We totally fell in love with the Himalayas along the way. ‘As well as Everest Base Camp (5,364m), we also successfully ascended Gokyo Ri (5,360m),
