A huge thank you to the "Friends & Neighbours Group", who meet at the United Reformed Church in Exeter, for their generous donation and for such thoughtful questions during our Presentation Team’s visit yesterday.

It was a pleasure to speak with the group of over 30 attendees about our Search and Rescue role, with insights shared by our Deputy Station Manager, John.

If our talk inspired you to learn more about volunteering with NCI Exmouth or to hear one of  our talks, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please get in touch via our website:

NCI Exmouth Presentation Team were invited along to the Police Club in Exmouth to give a talk to the Exmouth Royal British Legion. 

The small gathering were told about our charity and how our volunteer watchkeepers are an asset of His Majesty's Coastguard.

Thank you for your excellent questions, hospitality and your generous donation.

A story from the BBC (Link below)

A lifeboat that washed off a cargo ship has come ashore on a Devon beach.

HM Coastguard said teams were first alerted to the container ship lifeboat at Sidmouth Beach at about 07:30 GMT on Sunday.

It said the lifeboat had previously been reported as missing from a known cargo ship on Wednesday and teams had been tracking it since but were unaware of where it was going to wash up.

Beer Coastguard Rescue Team was sent to help secure the lifeboat and safely dispose of its flares until it was recovered.The lifeboat has been recovered and secured above the tide line

A team from the Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat, which was also called out, said with the evening tide posing "real risk" of the vessel being broken up over night, a decision was made to recover it and secure it above the tide line.

It said the crew used its winch tractor to move the vessel to a safe and accessible location at the Clifton slipway.

"A big thank you to everyone involved for the swift cooperation and teamwork," added Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat.

Devon and Cornwall Police, the Receiver of Wreck and the Environment Agency have also been made aware, HM Coastguard said.

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Thank you so much to all of the happy Christmas shoppers who stopped to chat or pop some coins in our bucket in Tesco's Salterton.

We have to raise all of our running costs via donations from the public and every penny you give goes directly to saving lives and protecting the public on the Shore. None of the money raised goes towards uniforms.

We are so grateful for all the support we receive from the local community.

A little shout-out, too, to our wonderful Watchkeepers and other volunteers who give up their time to do this work on top of their watchkeeping duties. What a team!