Volunteers for the Beaumaris Lifeboat Guild in Wales are making an urgent appeal for new members to join up. The 55 year-old group has a tradition of running successful fund-raising campaigns, collecting in the region of £25,000 annually for the RNLI; mainly through selling souvenirs at the club’s Menai Strait boathouse.

Despite this, the committee members need ‘new blood’, as at present they have only a dozen members. Guild secretary Valerie Wakefield said that they needed people with time on their hands to come forwards, as:

‘it is getting increasingly difficult to find people who are willing to join the committee. Present members are getting older – one is 96 – and although still enthusiastic and a great supporter of the guild she is limited as to what she can do.
We would hate for the guild to struggle to continue. Beaumaris has a long and proud history with the lifeboat service.’

For further details or to get involved contact Valerie Wakefield on 01248 811 375