LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funding of RNLI

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:53

Description

Unidentified male speaker on the funding of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), following the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81. He says the organisation needs £14 million a year and relies entirely on voluntary contributions. The charity does not want to receive government funding because it would compromise the service. He says lifeboat crews never ask for salvage money because they do not want ships’ masters to be put off asking for assistance. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Accidents; Fundraising; Charities; Finance; Cornwall; Boats; Lifeboats; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Search and rescue operations; Lifeboat services; RNLI; Mousehole; Penlee; Lifeboat crew members; Union Star; Solomon Browne; Charles Greenhaugh; Kevin Smith; William Trevelyan Richards; James Madron; Nigel Brockman; John Blewett; Barrie Torrie; Gary Wallis

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