SUPPORT CONTINUES TO COME in from Amateur Swimming Association clubs for our appeal to organise sponsored swims to raise funds for the RNLI. To help clubs who arrange their programmes well in advance the swim can be arranged at any time over the next five years. For 1978, in England, Scotland and Wales, we have already had offers from 41 clubs and two clubs are arranging special swimming galas.

A similar appeal is being made in Ireland.

Many swimming clubs have generously sent donations and we are receiving the results of sponsored swims already held; for instance, £250 from Church Stretton ASC and £75 from Warminster and District ASC.

• * * Bristow Helicopters Ltd., in their support of North Sea rescue services, have generously donated £750 to pay for air-band radio equipment in both the Aberdeen and Lerwick lifeboats.

* * * A second recording has been made by Marske Fishermen's Choir, called 'The Shore Fishing Game'. It is available on LP or cassette from AML Engineers (Teesside) Ltd., Longbeck Estate, Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar, Cleveland, price £1.99 plus 25p postage and packing. Profits will help towards an ILB.

* * * In order to complete a collection of RNLI official first day covers which is used for fund-raising displays, E. N.

Smith, honorary treasurer of Littlestoneon- Sea ILB station, would like to buy No. 1 of the series. Can anyone help? Mr Smith's address is 81 Rolfe Lane, New Romney, Kent.

A new magazine, available, from the Exchange, CF1 6ED.

issue of the Welsh lifeboat Lifeboat Wales '78, is now price 20p plus 20p postage, Welsh District Office, The Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff When set the school task of producing a project, Katie Place of Sunbury-on- Thames, chose the RNLI as her subject —and made a fine job of it. Presented in chapters, beautifully hand written and illustrated with great imagination, the book starts with an author's introduction.

'/ am doing this project on the lifeboat because I think the people are very brave and have courage to go out in all weathers to save people's lives' writes Katie. '/ will try to find out as much as I can on this subject and I will enjoy doing it.' That's the spirit! * * * Sometimes a story has a particularly good ending. In 1976 the appeals department of the RNLI organised a competitive schools project, the two winners of which were offered a passage from the Clyde to Plymouth in HM frigate Jupiter. One of the winners, Richard Evans of Clevedon, accepted the invitation, and after his trip, last August, sent Commander Ted Pritchard, appeals secretary, a copy of the account he wrote of his weekend afloat. From this lively, comprehensive document, illustrated with photographs and diagrams, it is obvious that the right opportunity had come to the right boy; he had made the very most of the experience, throwing himself into life on board, learning everything he could and enjoying it all to the full. It all came to an end too quickly for Richard: 'My two days had gone in a blur of excitement and interest', he wrote. '/ will never forget HMS Jupiter, the officers and crew who made a dream come true for me, and a weekend I will always remember' * * * The photograph of the dedication of Tenby's new ILB house in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT was published by courtesy of Squibbs' Studios, Tenby..