Dance students back £750,000 appeal to kit out volunteers
Students from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance still managed delicate steps, despite their somewhat more cumbersome attire, to back the RNLI’s ‘Do your bit, fund our kit’ initiative. It aims to raise £750,000 during May to pay for uniforms that volunteers wear as they brave the seas to save lives.
Nationally, the RNLI can call on 4,700 volunteer crew members stationed at 238 lifeboat bases across the UK and Ireland to answer mayday calls 24 hours a day, all year round.
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Hannah Jackson, the charity’s community fundraising manager for Leeds, said: “Our crews rely on lifesaving kit, like their yellow wellies, lifejackets and helmets, when they go out in all weathers to save lives at sea. From sponsored bike rides and welly walks, to running a bake sale, there are all sorts of ways to raise money.”
For more details, visit www.rnli.org/mayday