Swanage RNLI celebrate as volunteer crew member passes out as Helm
Volunteers at Swanage RNLI lifeboat station are celebrating as crew member Alice Haw ‘passes out’ as an Inshore lifeboat (ILB) Helm.
On April 6th 2025, Alice took the final assessment to ‘pass out’ as a Helm on the Inshore lifeboat at Swanage RNLI lifeboat station. Winds that morning meant that the final decision for the assessment to take place was left until that morning, and luckily for Alice and her assessor Paul Taylor, they were able to go ahead.
Following the completion of the thirteen Helm training modules, and her final assessment, Alice said, “Today has been the result of months of hard work, and I’m proud that it’s all paid off and that I’m going to be able to use this opportunity to give back to the local community.”
Alice has been a member of the volunteer crew in Swanage for eight years, and was inspired to join after growing up watching her dad, retired Swanage coxswain Christopher Haw, head out on the lifeboat. Returning to town following a move away, Alice joined the RNLI crew in Swanage, where she serves as a volunteer crew member, and navigator on both the All- weather lifeboat (ALB), George Thomas Lacy, and the Inshore lifeboat, Roy Norgrove.
For more information please contact:
Becky Mack, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer, [email protected]
Charmaine Tideswell, Volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer,
[email protected]
Regional Media Manager Hatti Mellor, [email protected]
or the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.
For more information, please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the RNLI News Centre.
Key facts about the RNLI:
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
Learn more about the RNLI:
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, X, TikTok and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries:
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, X, TikTok and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.