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A service was held at All Saints Church, Porthcawl and at the memorial plaque in the rocks at Sker Point over the weekend in memory of those lost at Sker seventy years ago. Porthcawl’s combined rescue services made up of Porthcawl Unit of UK Coastguard Agency, Porthcawl RNLI and Porthcawl Fire Service, together with members
Ken Lewis an RNLI volunteer fund raiser has decided to retire from active service due to mobility issues after almost 40 years of representing the charity particularly in the Maesteg area. During his time with the RNLI Ken, from Aneurin Bevan Way, became known throughout his town as Mr RNLI due in the main to
Figures released by the RNLI today show Porthcawl RNLI crew were again Wales' busiest inshore lifeboat station during 2016 in terms of callouts. Porthcawl crew launched 80 times, rescuing 45 people and saving 7 lives. Across the whole of Wales’ 30 RNLI stations, there was an increase of 11% on lifeboats launches last year, with
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard at 16:05 Wednesday 15th March following reports that a female horse rider was injured at Sker Beach, Kenfig Sands. Both the D class lifeboat, ‘Jean Ryall’, and Atlantic 85 lifeboat ‘Rose of the Shires’ were launched to assist in the incident. Uk Coastguard Agency units from
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard at 12:49 Sunday 15th January following reports that a female horse rider was injured at Kenfig Sands, Sker Beach. The D class lifeboat, ‘Jean Ryall’, was launched with four crew aboard and soon arrived on scene, 2 miles North West of the station. Due to the
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard at 17:38 Friday 30th December following reports of a small boat with two persons aboard having run aground on rocks at Sker Point. Both lifeboats were launched and arrived on scene, 2 miles north west of the station at 17:50. Conditions were such that there was
From 1 January 2017, the RNLI will be the first major charity to move to an opt in only approach for communicating with its supporters. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has joined forces with the charity’s long-time supporter and well known TV personality Ben Fogle, to create a compelling short film sharing the story
Ruth Jones aka ‘Nessa’ from Gavin and Stacey fame, entertained a packed Porthcawl Grand Pavilion theatre last Friday all to raise money for Porthcawl RNLI. The evening is thought to have raised in the region of £18,000 for the charity. James Corden opened the evening with a video message from ‘Smithy’ which was filmed on
The Queen’s Birthday Honours recipient Aileen Jones a volunteer at Porthcawl RNLI Lifeboat station was presented with her MBE this week by Prince William at Buckingham Palace. Aileen, who has been a volunteer at Porthcawl since 1995 was accompanied at the Palace by her family, husband Steve, daughter Frances and son Dan. Both Aileen and
Interested in volunteering at Porthcawl RNLI? We need volunteers to join our lifeboat crew, shore crew, shop and visits team. Volunteering as Lifeboat Crew Imagine for a moment that you’re part of the crew on a lifeboat. It’s 2.30am on a freezing January morning and the pager’s just woken you from a deep sleep in
