Bridlington volunteer lifeboat crew and fundraisers are ready to welcome the public to the 2024 Lifeboat Week!
For many years, during the last week of July, Bridlington Lifeboat has celebrated their open day (formerly known as flag day) and in what is the RNLI 200th anniversary, we will once again be holding events on the run up to Open Day on Saturday 27 July 2024, down at Bridlington RNLI Lifeboat Station.
Events for 2024 will start on Saturday 20 July 2024 and run until Saturday 27 July 2024. Events on the 20 July will include a music event hosted by Bridlington Gold Coast radio on the lifeboats turning circle, artists will include The Brid Beat Singers, ‘Hooked on Harmony Choir’, and the ‘Jolly Rogers’ ukulele group will be entertaining the crowds, as well as the Bridge Shanty Crew.
We also have a license for a street collection in the town, that will go on into the evenings around the Pubs in Bridlington. The events for Saturday 20 July 2024 start at 10am until 4pm at the lifeboat station, followed by the street collection around the local public houses on the evening, starting at 6pm until 10pm, so please join in and support your local crew and help to save lives at sea.
Finally, on Saturday 27 July 2024 the station will hold its annual Open Day which will again comprise of the usual fun activities, such as a frisbee challenge, an octopus surprise, hook a lifeboat, soak the crew and so much more, like the perennial favourite, welly-wanging. There will also be a raffle, refreshments, Lifeguards, Coastguards, and other water safety assets will also be in attendance.
The event this year will be sponsored by Richardson’s Ford of Bridlington, and Bridlington Gold radio will be hosting the event with a live broadcast. Bridlington Mayor, Councillor Rick Arrand, will open the event at 11am.
Bob Taylor, Lifeboat Water Safety Officer, RNLI Bridlington said ‘usually we pack as much as we can into one day, but this year we’re extending it over the week, and our street collection will be a week earlier, this way we won’t have too many plates to spin on the open day’.
