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Kyle of LochalshRNLI @KyleRNLI

RNLI - Ordinary People doing Extraordinary things since 1824. Keep up to date with the latest Shouts & News from Kyle of Lochalsh Lifeboat Station

Joined August 2013
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As some of you may know, our @RNLI LOM Iain Mackenzie recently retired from his career as a Captain with @CalMacFerries. However what you may not have heard is that he has been awarded the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service! πŸ‘πŸ˜ Full details πŸ‘‡ facebook.com/share/p/19kydXh…
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Next weekend Judith Anderson is running the London Marathon to raise funds for our station! πŸ‘πŸ˜ Judith is running in memory of her grandfather, Geoff Webster, who was a huge supporter of both our station & the whole @RNLI ❀️ Good luck Judith! justgiving.com/page/judith-a…

Judith's London Marathon 2025 fundraiser for Kyle of Lochalsh Lifeboat Station

Help Judith Anderson raise money to support RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution

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πŸ“ŸπŸ›ŽοΈ SHOUT! πŸ›ŽοΈπŸ“Ÿ Kyle & @portreelifeboat @RNLI lifeboats were launched around 2:30am this morning to an 80 metre cargo vessel which ran aground on rocks in the Breakish area of the Isle of Skye. Full details below πŸ‘‡ rnli.org/news-and-media/2025…
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πŸ“ŸπŸ›ŽοΈ SHOUT! πŸ›ŽοΈπŸ“Ÿ Kyle & @portreelifeboat @RNLI lifeboats were launched around 2:30am this morning to an 80 metre cargo vessel which ran aground on rocks in the Breakish area of the Isle of Skye. Full details below πŸ‘‡ rnli.org/news-and-media/2025…
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Have you got some spare time & want to be part of a great team of volunteers helping keep our community safe? 😁 We are currently looking for a Volunteer Shop Manager to help lead our team of fantastic volunteers that run our shop Full details below πŸ‘‡ volunteering.rnli.org/vacanc…
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Some of our crew were out training this morning and had some company in the form of 5 Humpback Whales & over 100 Dolphins! πŸ‹πŸ³πŸ¬ See our Facebook page for more videos & Photos: facebook.com/KyleLifeboat
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Emma Roddick MSP visited tour @RNLI station yesterday to meet some of the volunteers, discuss the rescue which led to us winning the Highland Heroes Award, and find out what it takes to be a crew member on board the lifeboat.
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Gary: Tank Commander swapped his tank for our @RNLI lifeboat today, as he had a look around the boat & chatted with the crew at Kyle gala 😁 🚀
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A busy night for our @RNLI #Volunteers with 2 shouts in pretty bad conditions during the night. #ProudOfOurCrowd #Rescue Full story here: rnli.org/news-and-media/2024…
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1Moment:1Crew As part of the @RNLI 200 year celebrations, at 18:24 on the 1st August all lifeboat stations came together to mark the occasion & remember those that have gone before us since the charity began in 1824 🫢 We took some photos of our volunteers to mark the occasion
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3 year old Finlay MacDonald, whos dad is one of our crew, has walked a mile every day in May to raise money for the @RNLI Mayday Mile campaign. He wanted to raise Β£200 to 'buy petrol for the lifeboat' but has raised nearly Β£1500! He finishes tomorrow at 12.30pm at the station πŸ‘
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His fundraising page is here: πŸ‘‡ fundraise.rnli.org/fundraise…
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Update on last nights multi-agency Shout to 2 kayakers in difficulty in Loch Carron: rnli.org/news-and-media/2024… @RNLI, local @HMCoastguard teams, Coastguard Helicopter, & @Scotambservice all worked well together #teamwork
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Will you join our volunteer crew? We need your help saving lives at sea πŸ“ŸπŸ˜€ We're recruiting for a Lifeboat Operations Manager which is a shore-based volunteer role helping to run the station. Full details below πŸ‘‡: volunteering.rnli.org/vacanc…
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Kyle @RNLI win the Emergency Services accolade at the Highland News & Media Group's Highland Heroes Awards ceremony in Inverness last weekend. We are extremely humbled, thank you so much to everyone who voted for us. Further details here: rnli.org/news-and-media/2024…

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Kyle of LochalshRNLI retweeted
Ross-shire Journal@Rossnews
17 Mar 2024
Emergency services Highland Heroes Kyle RNLI helm reveals exactly what makes role worthwhile dlvr.it/T4CTdX

Emergency services Highland Heroes Kyle RNLI helm reveals exactly what makes role worthwhile

The crew went above and beyond the call of duty after a pensioner got stuck on a remote cliff ledge for over 24 hours.

ross-shirejournal.co.uk
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Kyle of LochalshRNLI retweeted
RNLI@RNLI
18 Mar 2024
Replying to @HecMackenzie @KyleRNLI
Thanks for the story celebrating the amazing work of the volunteers at Kyle RNLI πŸ™Œ
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Kyle of LochalshRNLI retweeted
Robert Thorburn@thorburw
16 Mar 2024
On behalf of @WeAreOpenreach - I was honoured to present the prestigious emergency service hero award to @KyleRNLI - what a super human category and every nominee was outstanding! #hereos2024 @annahsteven dailymotion.com/video/x8ulpz…
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Kyle of LochalshRNLI retweeted
Ross-shire Journal@Rossnews
4 Mar 2024
Kyle RNLI volunteers celebrate 200th anniversary of charity at Westminster dlvr.it/T3bNBn

Kyle RNLI volunteers celebrate 200th anniversary of charity at Westminster

Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI volunteers celebrate 200th anniversary of the RNLI at Westminster Abbey, London.

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Some of our crew have just landed in London to attend the Thanksgiving service in Westminster Abbey tomorrow to celebrate the 200yr anniversary of the @RNLI
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