86K views · 1.7K reactions | Today marks the 249th birthday of Sir William Hillary, the founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. In 1823 Sir William made an impassioned appeal to the nation, calling for a service dedicated to saving lives at sea, and in 1824 the RNLI was founded. | RNLI | Facebook

We are proud to announce that we have partnered with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), together, supporting the RNLI’s aim of helping to prevent drowning. We will supply cleaning equipment to every one of the RNLI’s 238 lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland. To launch the partnership together we created large-scale clean art to display a vital lifesaving message to remind the public to ‘Float To Live’ if they find themselves in difficulty in the water. Using high-pressure cle

5.2K views · 125 reactions | Ali Norman has worked for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at Aldeburgh for three decades. The RNLI celebrated its 200th anniversary this week. Listen: https://bbc.in/3T6Lqaz Read: https://bbc.in/43b4VTR | BBC Suffolk | Facebook