Nice to see

Good news

Good.
The last paragraph is interesting.

I suppose reading about support from cities might seem unusual at first, but I suppose a lot of cities have rivers, some tidal such as London, York, and Hull, for which the RNLI will be called upon for help from time to time.
Good news to hear of the increased support.
Shame on Nigel Farage!

Josieann I suppose there are just more people and money in cities. I live in a small town by the sea. We have one of the oldest populations in the country so lots of people living on fixed incomes and the young people that are compete for low paid, seasonal jobs. That said a massive, year-round community effort goes into raising money for the RNLI and it's a huge part of the culture here. I guess there's just less money and fewer people to give here.

Also lots of cities have massive seafaring connections e.g. Liverpool and my home city of Bristol.

Great news

I was also going to point out that larger cities have larger populations, and more income-producing industries than smaller places. A comparison of the number of people in each place and the amount donated there, with the average per head, would be interesting.

Good points about rivers and inland waterways, and also how coastal areas are often poorer places in terms of residents' incomes.
The last paragraph just seemed a bit incongruous to me after the article devoting 3 or 4 paragraphs to the Channel crossing migrants, but I get the connection and the public's feelings.
I'm trying to think (out loud) if I remember any RNLI fundraising events or even collections from when I worked in London. Homelessness and The Forces were more obviously supported.
Anyway, whatever, it is very good news.

We have a tributary of the Thames at the end of our road, No.3 AS lives by the beach our family always support the RNLI.

Perhaps they should thank Nigel Farage for bringing their humanitarian work with the refugees into the news and enabling them to raise so much money and gain so many new volunteers.

A public vote of thanks for all he is done to raise the awareness of the plight of those waterbourne refugees and the money that has been rasise dto help the RNLI, might be the one thing that would get under that unpleasant man's thick skin and would certainly make him look a fool.

How about his picture in all the papers surrounded by pictures of the RNLI rescuing refugees with a big THANK YOU underneath.

Or do I just have a warped sense of humour.

Many of my DHs family and some of mine were seafarers so we have always supported RLNI.
So glad to hear they have done so well with donations even if that was not the intention of the man who gave them a high profile.

Leicester, which must be one of the most inland cities in the UK, has a history of supporting the RNLI.

*the Redcar RNLI

Tower Life Boat Station is the busiest in the uk. I’m not surprised. The Thames is a nasty river.

My youngest son is a volunteer with the RNLI so thank you Nigel Farage for this inadvertent boost to funds and manpower.
#proudmum
Good post Monica. If you have a warped sense of humour then you’re not alone.

??? for your son LauraNorderr.

It used to be one of the charities that I did ‘door to door’ with envelopes in my neck of the woods until the RNLI stopped it and said they were fundraising in other ways.Perhaps it was admin heavy doing it that way.
A brave bunch of people that I will always support.Hope all the new and additional support won’t drop off after this next year.

As ex scuba divers the RNLI was very important to us, especially when diving in places like the North Sea. If anything happened to either the divers or the ribs we were diving from we could have had to rely on support from the RNLI. We all lived in cities but we were all RNLI supporters for that reason. It's not just people who live near the sea that rely on them.

DH is an offshore engineer. He spent his working life flying all over the world and going offshore all over the world, including near home destinations like the North Sea.

We have always supported the RNLI.

It was definitely one of the favourite charities amongst the younger kids at school. And the visits to the station were amazing. So much valuable learning material even at that age.
DS worked on the construction of Hinkley Point and the RNLI were called on several occasions.
I hope this new level of support continues