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Volunteering roles


The RNLI has over 40,000 volunteers across the UK and Ireland.

They come from all walks of life and get involved in countless different ways.

You can listen and read about some of the ways volunteers get involved below.

Manning the boats

Manning the boats

Our lifeboat service relies on volunteers to ensure the boats can go to sea at any time.

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Raising money

Raising money

Our fundraisers are volunteers - a diverse and ever changing challenge to raise the money we need.

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Talking to people

Talking to people

We need to raise awareness about the RNLI - our volunteers are critical to this.

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Selling gifts

Selling gifts

Over 120 shops rely on volunteers to keep them open and sell our gifts.

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Giving safety advice

Giving safety advice

Sea safety advice forms part of our prevention activities - we need volunteers to help do this.

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