It will help pay for a new inshore lifeboat
Ilfracombe RNLI lifeboat says it's reached a £12,000 fundraising target in just 3 weeks.
The appeal was launched on the 12th February to raise the money towards the cost of a new D class inshore lifeboat as the current inshore lifeboat the Deborah Brown II is reaching the end of its operational life.
Karen Ozelton, Fundraising Co-ordinator for Ilfracombe RNLI said: ‘the response from the local community has been amazing. We would like to thank everyone who has donated and helped raise money for this appeal. The volunteers in the fundraising team have also worked very hard, contacting local businesses and organisations who have offered to donate and helping arrange events. The response has really been overwhelming.’
Each new D class costs £52,000 and the remaining cost is being met by Paul Brown and his family and friends who also raised the money for the station’s previous two inshore lifeboats. The new D class will be named Deborah Brown III in memory of his wife who passed away in 1996.
The new lifeboat will arrive at Ilfracombe lifeboat station around May and there will be an official naming ceremony later in July.
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