There is never a right time to set up a page to help others as we can never imagine what the families are going through and the brave volunteers of all the blue light services, but here’s where you can contribute, you may not be able to do something physically but your showing that your thoughts are here and making a contribution no matter how small. Overnight you have contributed over £800 and shows by the amount of donations there’s clearly a place here you can leave a donation and a small message , thank you all for your support….

I'm raising money in light of the recent tragic events in withernsea, to be split equally between the bereaved families and the RNLI .

A man who died trying to help two people stuck in the sea in Withernsea on Friday, 2 January has been named by family as 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe.

Paying tribute to Mark, his family said: “A true selfless hero with a heart of gold, who was so cruelly taken trying to save

we can now confirm that a mother and daughter, 45-year-old Sarah Keeling and 15-year-old Grace Keeling, were involved in this tragic incident, alongside 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe, a member of the public who died trying to assist with the rescue.

The bodies of Sarah Keeling and Mark Ratcliffe were recovered on the evening of Friday, 2 January 2026. Searches are still ongoing to locate Grace.

Both families continue to be supported by specially trained officers.

All the emergency services attended worked through the night in severe weather conditions and none more so than the local RNLI crew, and to understand these people Are unpaid volunteers , I take my hat off to everyone single person.

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