Round Table are proud to announce that the Presidential Charity for the 2010 -11 year is the training of Royal National Lifeboat Institute volunteer lifeboat crew.
Round Table wanted to support a Charity that:
- Receives no UK Government funding
- Is National and covers Great Britain and Ireland
- Relates to our members
- Affects each and every one of us, whether it is at sea, in shore or at the beach.
Back in 1977 Round Table raised approximately £140,000 to fund the Waveney Class lifeboat ON1045 and named her Louis Marchesi of Round Table.
During her time with the RNLI she saved 264 lives while serving at Newhaven, Alderney, Exmouth, Ramsgate and Courtmacsherry. The RNLI defines a life saved as exactly that: if a lifeboat and her crew had not been present, those lives would have been lost.
The volunteers who form the crews of the RNLI risk their lives on a daily basis. The average crew member’s age is similar to that of a Round Tabler and they too, have to retire at an age of between 45 and 55 depending on the type of lifeboat they serve on.
The RNLI offers a first-class lifesaving service and training is vital in helping crews to save lives – last year alone, its volunteers crews rescued 8,235 people and saved 333 lives.
The cost to train one crew member is on average £1,214 each year, a great investment if that relates to lives saved. This is a cause that Round Table is proud to be involved with, it is tangible and people can see where their donation is going and what it is doing.
Our aim is to raise enough money to train at least 100 crew members and to support two training courses during this year. We have already started the fundraising effort by taking part in a Morecambe Bay Walk and plan to coordinate major Round Table fundraising events in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales over the course of the year.
Round Table is proud to be involved with RNLI and specifically crew training.
Please support this worthwhile needy cause To find out more, visit www.rnli.org.uk/roundtable
Donations can be made to Round Table Charitable account
Barclays Bank
Sort code 20 – 50 – 94
A/C No. 73272850
Or sent to: 2 Meadow Way, West Derby Liverpool L12 5HD
Cheques can be made payable to:
Round Table Kilshaw Charitable Account
Thank you for your support
John Kilshaw
Round Table National President 2010 - 2011
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During 2009 - 2010 our Presidential Charity was The Anthony Nolan Trust