RNLI Looking For Volunteers

RNLI LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO ADD TO THEIR SHOP AND MUSEUM TEAMS

Whitby’s RNLI shop and museum, which can be found opposite the Bandstand at the entrance to the pier, are keen to recruit volunteers.

Barrie Lazenby, the shop manager, would like potential volunteers to get in touch and help keep the popular shop and museum, open throughout the week over the busy summer months.

The RNLI shop in Whitby is one of the best performing shops in the country, and Barrie and his team would like this to continue. If the museum has to shorten its opening hours due to a lack of volunteers, it gives less opportunity for visitors to the town to buy RNLI gifts and souvenirs, the profits of which provide the much-needed funds to save lives at sea.

The roles are voluntary and part-time and would suit a friendly person who wishes to meet like-minded people and enjoys chatting to the public as lots of visitors as well as regulars who support the RNLI year-on-year come into the shop and museum. A good team of enthusiastic volunteers will enable the shop to be open every day for the busy summer season and so keep raising money for the lifesaving charity - funds to keep lifeboat crews safe and to save lives.

If anyone is curious about volunteering, they are encouraged to call in and have a look around the shop and see how lovely it is, as well as the museum, and chat to the volunteers on duty and discover what a great place it is to work. Even just offering a few hours a week would be a great help! More information about the role can be found at

RNLI.org/Volunteer.