Save a life (From Barry And District News)

Save a life

I WONDER if your readers know that their unwanted or broken jewellery and collectables can help the Royal National Lifeboat Institution save lives at sea.

Since 1986 our Jewellery Appeal has raised nearly £465,000 for lifeboat funds, which would buy six high-speed Atlantic 75 rigid inflatable inshore lifeboats.

I would be delighted to receive any good quality items of jewellery, such as rings of all kinds, small objects d'art, brooches, bracelets, chains and watches which are no longer required. Gold and silver articles would be very much appreciated.

The RNLI is supported entirely by voluntary contributions and legacies, receiving no financial assistance whatsoever from the government. This year it will cost £103 million to run the lifeboat service.

Our volunteer lifeboatmen and women are always ready to exchange the comforts of home for cold, wet, fatigue and danger to help those in distress.

Over 20,000 lives have been saved by the RNLI since the beginning of the Jewellery Appeal. Please help me to turn unwanted jewellery into lifeboats so that our brave crews can continue to carry out their vital work.

Roy Norgrove MBE, JP Jewellery Appeal Organiser Royal National Lifeboat Institution West Quay Road Poole Dorset