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It’s no surprise that charities are struggling to raise money during the pandemic as multiple lockdowns curtail traditional revenue streams – including second-hand shops, specific gift shops, sponsored group activities and face to face collections. The RNLI has announced it’s recruiting 200 face-to-face fundraisers for this summer across the UK to share vital safety messages […]
The Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis, renowned for the high quality of its training and graduates, is aiming to crowdfund £20,000 in order to undertake covid-inspired building work. And, within a couple of weeks of the launch, it’s almost 80% of the way to its target. The building work – primarily expanding a mezzanine to […]
The Scottish Maritime Museum has raised £39,835 for essential repairs to MV Kyles, the world’s oldest floating Clyde-built vessel, through a Crowdfunder campaign, more than double the original £15,000 target. The museum’s Keep the Kyles Afloat campaign was made possible by the #SupportOurMuseums initiative through which Crowdfunder UK and the Museums Association provide a free […]
The Mission to Seafarers has launched a new fundraising campaign to help sustain the crew welfare support it currently provides. The mission says it will unveil a rolling programme of initiatives which will have significant benefits for the welfare of the entire industry from welfare training for seafarers and frontline staff to new family support […]
An American billionaire has parted with a five-figure sum of cash to help keep a historic Scottish ship’s hull above water for generations to come, according to The Scotsman. Hair products entrepreneur, John Paul DeJoria has donated £15,000 to the Scottish Maritime Museum for the restoration of the MV Kyles, the oldest Clyde-built vessel still afloat. The […]
The Yorkshire Belle, built in Beverley in 1947, is now the only vessel of her type and size operating off the East Coast, but won’t be for long unless an ambitious £30,000 appeal target is met. The vessel takes visitors on one-hour trips to Flamborough Head, as well as extended cruises to the Bempton Bird […]
Rhyl lifeboat volunteer, Mathew Baines, and his dad Bob, are some of the faces of the RNLI’s Christmas appeal, hoping to raise £2m in donations after cancellations and closures of fundraising events and an unexpected, unbudgeted £1.2m spend on PPE. The charity’s PPE spend includes almost 700,000 face masks, 2.4 million gloves and 4,700 litres […]
Berth holders at MDL Marinas have donated their ‘Back to Boating Bonuses’ to the RNLI and Ocean Youth Trust South. The charities will receive circa £5000 and £900 respectively. As lockdown eased, and everyone was able to get back on the water, MDL offered its berth holders and annual dry stack customers a 50% rebate […]
SailGP and the United States SailGP Team have joined a growing list of celebrities, sports teams and leagues taking part in Fanatics’ ‘All In Challenge’ to support COVID-19 relief. The winning bidder will be the first fan ever to ride on the world’s fastest sail race boat as part of an ultra-exclusive VIP experience during […]
More than 100 divers dressed as Father Christmas braved the December chill to leap into a lake for charity. The annual festive dive took place earlier today at the Vobster Quay Inland Diving Centre in Radstock, Somerset. The world record-holding Santa Splash, which raises money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), once managed to get 161 divers […]
The RNLI is aiming to raise £1.8M and recruit 12,000 new supporters with a fund-raising campaign: The Perfect Storm, after a drop in financial resources of £28.6m (2018). New figures show that the charity’s volunteer lifeboat crews are more than 600% busier over the festive period compared with 40 years ago. During the festive period […]