Fund raisers on the Isle of Anglesey stepped up their efforts last year and increased their income from £ 1 1 .(XX) in 1977 to £15,(XX) in 1978. Part of this increase was made possible by the gift of two water colours painted and donated by Cyffyn Williams. RA. An island rattle was organised which, w i t h the party at which the raffle was drawn, raised £1.300.

First year pupils of Truro School.

Cornwall, took part in a sponsored spell and raised a marvellous £100.

For the second year running. East Grinstead branch raised well over £1.000 by giving a Spinners concert at Crawley Sports Centre. At Christmas, the Scriven sisters raised £40 by carol singing.

During a week's intensive fund raising the 28 children of class IH of St John's Primary School. Cheltenham, ran a raffle, a disco, a games lunch hour and a very successful sponsored bicyle obstacle race, raising £70.30 for the RNLI.

Class 2 of Bengeo Junior School, Hertford, raised £37.30 among themselves following a project on lifeboats suggested by their teacher. Miss Sarah Hopkinson, a member of Royston and District branch committee. In addition, they made cakes, buns and peppermint creams to help a cake stall run by the branch which raised £78.

A cheese and wine evening was held in the home of Mrs J. Fearnhead, a member of Stretford branch. About 80 guests took part in various competitions, including naming the turtle and guessing the advertisement, and at the end of a very successful evening £192 was raised.

Members of Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park branch were entertained by the Twilight Players, a band of talented singers and dancers, at their olde tyme musical evening before Christmas. From the sale of tickets, raffles and bar takings £154 was raised with a further £63.27 being made from the sale of Christmas cards and souvenirs.

A sponsored canoe paddle on the River Weaver was organised by Mr Curzon of Northwich. Cheshire. It was undertaken by boys aged 13 to 15 years who paddled 11 miles in two hours and then all the way back. They were sponsored by parents and relatives and raised £80.

Sue Boyd. wife of the chief engineer on board BP tanker Brit is It Tiimitr, is a supporter of Falmouth ladies' guild.

When she accompanies her husband on his sea trips she becomes the crew's barber charging 50p per cut—all of which goes into her RNLI collecting box.

The Local Boat Owners and Yachtsmen's Association of Rushden, Northants, raised £257.36 at a lifeboat evening at Bede House, Higham Ferrers, Northants. A similar event held in 1978 raised £231.76.

An Easter dance, organised by the Waveney Club, Burton-on-Trent, raised £180. Since the club was formed to support the lifeboat service a year ago donations, ranging from £165 to £278, have been given to Whitby, Blyth and Humber lifeboats.

A skin care evening was organised by Hythe (Hampshire) and District branch in November. Rosalind Christie, wife of a branch committee member, is a Jafra skin care consultant and after the evening donated her commission of £15 to the RNLI.

At the national championships of the Royal Life-saving Society held in Coventry on November 18, Mrs H.

Cawwood, souvenir secretary of Coventry ladies' guild, set up a stall and sold £91 worth of RNLI souvenirs.

The girls and boys in the nursery, infants and junior sections of Beach Road County Primary School, Liverpool, have held weekly collections for the RNLI for many years now. The total collected last year by the 250 children was £84; with £34 already collected during the 1978 Christmas term, this year the children are hoping to raise a record £100 by July.

During the last year Flamborough ladies' guild organised a very full programme of events including the flag day, dances, Christmas fayre, summer fete, a garden party, sponsored knit and two charity concerts. At the end of the year the guild had raised £1,900 which was a record total.

A Mad Hatter Easter party was given by Mrs K. Flood and Mrs L. Halliday of Southport guild. The party, held at the Crab and Lobster Mere Brow Restaurant, owned by Mrs Flood, raised £800 for the RNLI.

Montagu Ventures Ltd, who organised the Beaulieu Boat Jumble on April 8, very kindly gave a stand to Lymington branch for their boat jumble, and also a stand to Lymington ladies' guild for the sale of souvenirs, both free of charge. The branch, selling items such as sails, spars and galley equipment, raised £859.40, double last year's total, and the guild sold £68.53 worth of souvenirs. An auction of goods donated by stall holders at the end of the day raised a further £320.96.

The total amount raised was £1,180.36.

Class 1:0 of Owen's School, Potters Bar, attacked an assault course in the school gym. The children were sponsored and raised £69.07.

Out of the 34 members of Filey and District swimming club who took part in their sponsored swim last July, 29 completed the maximum of 64 lengths; together with spectator fees and a raffle, £386.03 was raised. Rugby swimming club raised £860 at their swim in July. While anchored in Tanga, East Africa, the ship Clan Macnab was about a mile away from sister ship Clan Malcolm and three keen swimmers decided to swim round Clan Malcolm and back; shipmates sponsored them at £1 each way and all together raised £117 for the RNLI.

A loofah, grown and harvested in an office in Luton by Mrs C. Parsons, was exhibited to colleagues at one penny a look, or two pence if you picked it up and felt its skin. As a result £3 was raised for the RNLI.

Aberdovey ILB station is well supported by the local ladies' guild. Their fund raising year starts on the spring bank holiday with a film show and coffee evening. During the summer a stall is opened each Sunday by a young couple and another coffee evening is arranged, as well as a larger event such as a concert and, of course, flag day; at Christmas guild members venture forth and go carol singing. In all last year the guild sent £1,814 to RNLI head office.

An ambitious attempt by Warminster branch to raise the funds to buy an ILB met with an outstanding response and at the branch's AGM in 1978 two cheques were handed over to Lt-Cdr Gifford Rosling, assistant district organising secretary (Southern), one for £1,100 towards general funds and the other for £3,126.50 for the ILB.

As a gesture of thanks to Southend lifeboat station and to celebrate its centenary Leigh Motor Boat Club gave the station a pound for each of the 100 years. The cheque for £100 was presented by Commodore Alan Aldridge at an at home evening on board the club barge MV Trojan on March 24.

Mr and Mrs Frank Ellis, landlords of the Fountain Inn, were the winners of a competition for the inn to collect the most money for the RNLI in the Mevagissey branch area in both 1977 and 1978. The trophy, which was first presented in 1978 and which will be continued on page 174.