One Crew Newsletter 24032026:
Recent Events:
Coffee Morning @ The Cimon; The usual warm welcome from Supporters Julia and Jamie formed the basis of a very enjoyable Event over in Torquay, we raised £210 and also said “Thank You” to Box Collector Barbara Lawton who is standing down after 60 years of volunteering for the RNLI at a number of other Branches. Peter presented Barbara with a framed Certificate.
John Risdon Talk “Galmpton & Churston – The Home Front 1939-1945”;- unfortunately John’s fascinating Talk about this “neck of our woods” was only attended by 11 Supporters which was a great shame!!
Future Events:
Coffee Morning @ Offshore Bar & Restaurant, Vaughan Parade, Torquay. Wednesday 1 April 10 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Our friend and staunch TLF Supporter Brett Morton opens the doors of Offshore to us for our first CM there. Usual features, Raffle, Cakes/Jams Stall, just £3 on the door, parking is very close by in the Marina Car Park and it is of course, on the number 12 bus route.
Saturday 11th April Souvenirs & Cover the Flag between Pier Point Café & Princess Theatre, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thank You to all of you who have offered help at this Event, Debbie & David much appreciate it.
Shanty Evening @ The Flavel, Dartmouth Thursday 23rd April 7.30pm – 10 p.m.
Occasionally Events present themselves after the Programme has been published, this and the Beverley Holiday Park one below are two of them.
Our friends and avid supporters of all things RNLI and Torbay in particular, “All Hands On Deck” plus the Totnes Sea Gals are putting on a Show at the stylish Flavel Centre in aid of Dart & Torbay Lifeboats (poster attached) Tickets are just £10 each, please contact the Flavel Booking Office direct to secure your tickets.
Beverley Holiday Park, Goodrington Road, Paignton;
Beverley wish to make us their Charity of the Year in 2026 and their Season starts on Easter Monday 6 April.
We will be having our Souvenir Stall there 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and later in the afternoon at 6 p.m. Stormy Stan and “friends” will be meeting holiday makers in their Entertainment Suite to mark the start of the Season.
If anyone can spare an hour or two to manage the Souvenir Stall please let Nigel nigeldcoates@msm.com or 07887 846934 or myself thorppeter13@gmail.com 07484 634667 know, your help will be much appreciated. I might even buy you an Easter Egg!!
Pirate Festival Stalls @ LBS Sunday 3 May 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Help needed for Setting up (9 a.m. onwards) & Taking down (from 4 p.m.) plus volunteers to help manage the Stalls (Books, Cakes/Jams, Plants, Jigsaws, Gifts etc), again contact Nige or myself.
Offshore Food/Music Festival Sat 9 & Sun 10 May:
We still need volunteers to cover the 2 Entrances 11 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. (for a couple of hours). This was a mega Event last year bringing in £9k and now, spanning the full weekend it should be an even bigger Fundraiser, but we do need YOUR help to make it so.
Please contact Debbie on 07799 055680, Nige or myself if you can assist.
“Going the Extra Mayday Mile” Sunday 31 May 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Local Fitness Trainer Kevin Smith will be running a Marathon (plus 1 more mile) along the Brixham Breakwater on Sunday 31st May in aid of our Lifeboats. We will have one of our gazebos at the Car Park end of the Breakwater to serve as a Drinks Station/First Aid post for Kevin’s fundraising event. Again volunteers to help in the gazebo will be much appreciated, contact Nige or myself.
Nige:
Those of you who were at the Annual Review meeting in February will have heard me “warn” about losing staunch supporters, especially those people who make things like Events happen. Nigel as our Events Co-ordinator, is one of those key people, his house is on the market and is starting to attract interest. Ness wishes to move to the Midlands to be closer to her family.
Whilst personally I will be extremely sad to see Nige go, it would be of great benefit to TLF if someone was to come forward to understudy Nige whilst he is still with us. Personal organisation skills are an essential part of the role but so is enthusiasm, something Nige has in barrel-loads!
Could it be YOU, it could even be two people, that provides fall-back opportunities.
Please contact Nige for more info.
In a day or so I will be circulating details of a Black-Tie Dinner the Crew have organised at the Grand Hotel, Torquay on Friday 8 May, and to which we have been invited to participate in. I just thought there was sufficient for you to digest in this Newsletter.
Take Care
Peter
Torbay Lifeboats 