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Eleven Thousand Pounds Raised By Staithes & Runswick Lifeboat

Thursday, 22 August 2024 06:00

By Andrew Snaith

The weekend of events, starting on Friday 16 August 2024 raised the incredible amount for Staithes and Runswick RNLI.

Funds raised during Lifeboat Weekend will support the training and equipping of the station's volunteer crew, ensuring they can continue answering the call to save lives at sea.

The weekend festivities began on Friday evening with the nightgown parade led by the Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues Orchestra — a tradition from the old Staithes carnivals.

Saturday’s events at Runswick Bay included a raffle, souvenir stall, and a visit from the B class inshore lifeboat, where visitors engaged with the crew and learned about their work.

In Staithes, stalls lined the seafront, the Whitby and Redcar RNLI lifeboats joined the weekend's festivities and afterwards a demonstration by Staithes and Runswick and Redcar RNLI lifeboat crew and officers from HM Coastguard took place.

Contestants gathered with homemade rafts whilst spectators cheered and looked on. Ducks were hooked, raffle tickets and entries to the duck race were sold and an already fun day ended with a concert by Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues Orchestra and fireworks display by G2 Fireworks of Middlesbrough.

Sunday morning kicked off with the hotly contested duck race, with hundreds of yellow ducks racing down Staithes beck. Crowds lined the route, cheering on their ducks to the finish line. Sunday also featured the draw for the raffle for Lynton Parmar-Hemsley’s framed painting (which raised £1,400), sandcastle building and teddy bears picnics. The weekend ended with two thanksgiving services, despite a brief interruption when the volunteer crew responded to visitors at risk of tidal cut-off.

Colin Harrison, Lifeboat Weekend Coordinator, said of the event:

‘Our lifeboat weekend was favoured with great weather which, combined with the hard work of all our volunteers and supporters, meant that everyone enjoyed a fabulous weekend. On behalf of Staithes and Runswick RNLI lifeboat station, I'd like to thank everybody who supported us.’

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