Today is the 200th anniversary of the founding of the RNLI. We send our thanks to all of the crews and volunteers, past and present. ‘With Courage Nothing Is Impossible’ #rnli

In our 200th year, we mark #InternationalWomensDay by sharing the incredible stories of five influential women from RNLI history. From launching lifeboats, to training others to prevent drowning worldwide, their stories are so inspiring 👇 #IWD2024 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

RECRUITING: Would you like to join our fantastic team of volunteers? We have an exciting opportunity to become the stations Lifeboat Operations Manager. Click on the link for further details. Applications close 25 May 2024. volunteering.rnli.org/vacancy/lifebo… #RNLI #volunteer

Be a lifesaver this #WorldDrowningPreventionDay when you share our #WaterSafety advice. Share and save this post now 👍 Find your nearest lifeguarded beach: rnli.social/LGBeaches In an emergency call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard. #FloatToLive #BeachSafety #RNLI

What a fantastic evening we had celebrating 200 years of the #RNLI last night! A huge thank you to Prideaux Place for kindly hosting the event and to the Fisherman's Friends and Johnny & Sarah Cowling for their wonderful entertainment. We hope everyone had a fabulous time! #RNLI200

Please note there will be no training launch tomorrow (Wednesday 14 August). Padstow RNLI lifeboat will be in Padstow Harbour from 11.30am on Friday (16 August) as part of our Harbour Day! - more details to follow #RNLI #PadstowLifeboat

Join us this Friday, meet the crew and see the Spirit of Padstow RNLI lifeboat at our Harbour Day! #RNLI #padstowlifeboat

It’s time for the annual Sticky Toffee Pudding Competition! Put your baking skills to the test and/or come along for some yummy pudding tasting! Old Ship Hotel on Sunday 8 September. #RNLI #fundraising #bakeoff

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For all of you who have asked, winner of the best Sticky Toffee Pudding 2024 is Old Ship Padstow Padstow. Our 10th year and raising money for Padstow RNLI and 200years of RNLI Sound bites courtesy of BBC Cornwall and BBC Sounds #stickytoffeepudding bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Join us this Saturday for our Harbour Day! Padstow RNLI lifeboat and our fantastic volunteer crew will be in the harbour from 11.30am. There will also be stalls and entertainment. #RNLI200 #SavingLivesAtSea

As part our RNLI 200th celebrations, we have a fantastic raffle! £5 for a book of five tickets available from Jackie Stanley in Padstow. Epic prizes up for grabs - you’ve got to be in it to win it! The draw will take place on the 20 November. #RNLI #RNLI200

Next weekend (Saturday 2 November) come along to the Farmers Arms for a wonderful coffee morning raising funds for Padstow #RNLI Lifeboat. #RNLI200

As part of the #RNLI200 celebrations this year we are thrilled to share this fabulous opportunity to enjoy an especially curated menu from The Ainsworth Collection at Caffè Rojano - 20 November - tickets available from Jackie Stanley in Padstow.

On Monday 11 our volunteer crew launched at 5.56pm to reports of a distress flare at Sandymouth. budelifeboat were also tasked along with Bude Coastguard Rescue. A search was carried out but with nothing found Padstow #RNLI crew were stood down and returned to the station.

On Friday 15 November our volunteer #RNLI crew launched to reports of a vessel taking on water, 5 miles west of Park Head. The crew of the vessel managed to stem the flow of water. Padstow RNLI escorted the vessel to Camel Quarry where Wadebridge Boatyard was able to takeover.

Padstow #RNLI volunteer crew launched at 8.58pm on Sunday (1 December) to reports of a yacht in difficulty 22 miles northwest of Trevose. On scene the Coxswain assessed the situation, and the safest course of action was to tow the yacht safely into Padstow Harbour.

Delighted to receive new cleaning equipment from Kärcher UK, one of the #RNLI’s corporate partners. Our new Scrubber Dryer will make our cleaning process much more efficient, saving time & energy. Kärcher has committed over £300k of cleaning equipment to #RNLI lifeboat stations!