Sidmouth Beach Lifeguards respond to hot weather with extended service.

It might be feeling a little cooler this morning, but that’s not to say the heat of the last few days is over. Due to the extreme weather conditions – and the expected increase in people using our beaches to keep cool – Sidmouth Beach Lifeguards will be starting full-time service earlier than planned. The…

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Sidmouth Lifeboat assists Air Ambulance and Coastguard with head injury

28th November 2021. Crew member Brian Taylor and Support Team member Keith Bartles rendered assistance to Devon Air Ambulance and the Coastguard when a young boy fell from the promenade onto beach. The casualty sustained head injuries when he hit the exposed concrete ledge below. Sidmouth Lifeboat’s First Aid kit was used to provide first…

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A Busy Season So Far For The Sidmouth Beach Lifeguards

If you have visited Sidmouth over the summer period, you will have noticed a new addition to our beautiful beach. Thanks to a partnership between Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat and East Devon District Council, along with the support of the RNLI, a team of qualified Surf Lifeguards have been monitoring and guarding the area of Sidmouth…

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

A Sidmouth Lifeboat crew member, who also happens to be female, smiles whilst onbaord the lifeboat. The text overlay reads #ChooseToChallenge International Women's Day

International Women’s Day encourages all of us to call out gender bias and inequality, and to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements, helping to create an inclusive world, collectively.⁠⁠On #IWD2021 we celebrate the awesome work of the women in our crew, support team and wider organisation. ⁠⁠“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be…

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Shop Temporarily Closed

We’re very sad to share that we’ve had to close our boathouse shop once again, due to the ongoing pandemic. Although the shop may be closed, our volunteer crew are still on call 24/7.

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Shop Re-opening

**Our boathouse shop will reopen on Wednesday!** And we have plenty of Christmas cards in stock Sid and Alma are looking forward to welcoming customers at our boathouse shop again, after we had to close due to coronavirus restrictions. What’s your favourite item in our shop?

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#passthepagerchallenge

Our friends at Hope Cove Lifeboat nominated us to take part in the #passthepagerchallenge! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 (𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀). We had a lot of fun filming this in our own homes, to reinforce the message that we must #stayhomeprotectthenhssavelives. Thank…

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