Earlier this week, Winterbourne Junior Girls School were visited by volunteers from The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to tell us about the amazing work that they do to make sure that people are safe on our seas and coastlines across the UK.

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Powered primarily by kind donations, their search and rescue service has been saving lives for over 200 years.

The RNLI are a charity founded upon and driven by their values of selflessness, courage, dependability and trustworthiness, with volunteers at their heart. Values shared by generations of supporters like you and I who have powered their valuable lifesaving work through the kindness and generosity of donators for over 200 years.

The vast majority of RNLI people are volunteers – ordinary people doing extraordinary things – supported by expert staff, all working together to help communities at home and abroad save lives.