Ladies' Guild

The Guild or Fundraising branch of the Station exists to raise money for the RNLI.

Mrs Anne Gowan MBE is the President of the Ladies' Guild. The Vice President is Mrs Eileen Griffiths, Chairman Mrs Carol Horne, Treasurer Mrs June Fuller, and Secretary Mrs Eileen Griffiths. There is a committee of 30 active members. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at the Station and are very well attended.

Money is raised in several ways, including coffee mornings and social events. A Lifeboat Ball is held in January every year and in 2007 raised £10,000. Store collections are held at all the major supermarkets and at the Racecourse.

We hold a flag day in the town once a year and also do house to house collections. We receive donations from schools etc. Auctions are a good way to fundraise, recently we raised nearly £7000 at one. In addition we receive legacies and "in memoriams".

Our fund raising for 2006 raised a record £85,000, for which the RNLI is extremely grateful.

We have a lot of local support who regularly turn out for events and buy our draw tickets. We have a supportive local press who will publish photographs of our events and help raise awareness of the need to support the Lifeboats.

Opposite are images of members at a monthly committee meeting and at the annual Martime Festival.

Guild Members

President Mrs Anne Cowan MBE
Vice-President Mrs E Griffiths	Chairman Mrs C A Horne
Treasurer Mrs June Fuller	Secretary Mrs E Griffiths
Souvenir Secretary Mrs J Allen	Asst. Treasurer Mrs J Pownall

Mrs Barbara Beales	Mrs Jean Gowing
Mrs Jan Burton	Mrs Cheryl Hacking
Mrs Janet Chapman	Mrs Joanne Hudson
Mrs Colette Conway	Mrs Maureen Liversidge
Mrs Margaret Cooper	Dr Barbara MacAllan
Mrs Pat Cotton	Mrs Sally Ollington
Mrs Mary Critoph	Mrs Margaret Papworth
Mrs Helen Daniels	Mrs Pat Severn
Mrs Kathryn Davidson	Mrs Elspeth Shipley
Mrs Muriel Dobbins	Mrs Jean Shipp
Mrs Edna Fitch	Mrs Ann Sturzaker
Mrs Virginia Fox	Mrs Sue Waters
Mrs Jan Gent