We need your help to keep a lifeboat operating in the Three Rivers Estuary and Carmarthen Bay

We’ve set up a new charity to run Ferryside Lifeboat that is taking over lifeboat operations in April, but we now need to raise around £20,000 each year to cover the costs of running Ferryside Lifeboat – including insurance, building, crew safety equipment and our lifeboats.

We’re asking supporters to donate to the new charity, to allow us to continue operating from the outset.

We’re not running a big head office or paying professional fundraisers. All our team are volunteers and are not remunerated for their time – every penny donated goes directly to running the lifeboat.

There’s been a lifeboat in Ferryside since 1835. The huge tides and dangerous sand bars in Carmarthen Bay make the nearby waters particularly treacherous – and mean the Three Rivers Estuary, the Towy, the Taf and Gwendraith are ofter inaccessible to rescue craft from outside the bay.

Because of these dangers, there’s been a lifeboat in Ferryside for almost 200 years – run first by the RNLI and then, since 1963, by St John Ambulance Cymru.

We now enter a new phase as a completely independent charity, and we need help from you to keep this life-saving service operational.