Volunteers at the National Coastwatch Institution's Filey and Hornsea Stations will be celebrating the organisations 30th Anniversary today.
A special event to celebrate 30 years of the National Coastwatch Institute will end in Filey today.
An anniversary flag has been touring the country since June.
Stephen Husband is a watchkeeper at the Filey station, he told us what will be happening today.
National Coastwatch volunteer watchkeepers help to keep people safe and save lives at sea by maintaining a daily visual and radio watch of the coast, looking out for anyone in potential danger. They report any coastal safety-related incidents to HM Coastguard so that expert help can be sent, including the Coastguard Rescue Teams and helicopters, the RNLI, independent lifeboats and all emergency services.
The flag set off on it's journey around the UK's 60 coast watch stations on June 3rd from Fleetwood in Lancashire and since then has travelled by various methods of transport as Stephen explained.
The flag will end its journey at the most northerly station on the east coast in Filey later today where volunteers will receive the flag at 12:00 Noon from watchkeepers at NCI Hornsea with the flag making the final leg of the journey by Classic Car.
A warm Watchkeeper welcome will herald the arrival and members of the public are invited to see it arrive and be raised at the station. As the last station it is the responsibility of NCI Filey to return the flag the next day to NCI HQ Trinity House. Station Watchkeepers are thinking of a novel way to start this return journey 250 mile journey bringing the event to an end.
A station representative said,
“This year is an exciting milestone and it’s great for us all to come together, take part in some extra fundraising and have some fun in our own community at the same time”.
"we welcome input and support from local people, community groups, businesses in the area and tourists on the day."
Stephen Hand, NCI Chair said:
“This year’s 30th anniversary is the ideal opportunity to put each station on the map and encourage even more people to join in and support us.
“The relay is about having some fun as well as helping to shine a spotlight on our lifesaving work as a part of the UK’s maritime search and rescue community. It’s a privilege to be part of this organisation and to be able to say a huge thank to you to all our supporters and our 2,700 wonderful, highly trained volunteers.”
When the flag relay has been completed, the flag will be taken to Trinity House in London where it will be received by NCI’s Royal Patron, HRH The Princess Royal. It will be installed in Trinity House for the duration of the NCI’s 30th anniversary year.
Trinity House is a charity dedicated to safeguarding shipping and seafarers, providing education, support and welfare to the seafaring community. It has a statutory duty as a General Lighthouse Authority to deliver a reliable, efficient and cost-effective aids to navigation service for the benefit and safety of all mariners.
Sirius Insight, a leader in information systems for safety and security at sea, is sponsoring the flag relay and providing support for NCI’s 30th anniversary.
There is more information about the NCI at https://www.nci.org.uk/station/filey/
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