Developing and supplying specialist equipment for over 4000 crew members is a very expensive exercise. The protective lifejacket pictured above for example costs £180, This is where you and a pair of scissors can help.

Cut out the coupon and sign up for a Lifeboats MasterCard and The Royal Bank of Scotland will donate £10 to us.

But it doesn't stop there. The more the card is used, the better equipped our crews will become.

fact, 80% of the almost £1 million raised by the MasterCard has come from The Royal Bank of Scotland's donations of 25p for every £100 spent And now with a new, competitive rate of only 18.9% APR for purchases The Royal Bank of Scotland donates £10 for every card issued Raises money every time you spend Up to 56 days interest free credit No annual fee Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards" Now includes FREE Travel Accident Insurance 18.9% APR there's even more of a reason to support the brave volunteers on our legendary lifeboats.

You don't have to be a Royal Bank customer or even a member of the RNLI to apply for a card.

Please return the coupon below or call free on: O8OO 543 21O www.lifeboats.org.uk A contribution ni 75o 'or every ClOQ spent will bB mat* lo RNLI " Your lifeboats MasltrCard Mill be credited with 7% ol the Balances you transfer the cashbact annn.nl paid on the total transferred balances is limited to [100 Caihback not Be paid on balance; transferred trrjm other Royal Bjnk ol Scotland cigdii card accounts Note Unavailable to personi under 'H yea's of age Written Quotations aie available Cardholrjei » required to make monthly payments Within 2i day! at Ilia statement rjare • minimum monthly repirmcnt required is the giaater ol 3% of the outstanding balance m fS APfls variable Subject la slatui Interest will be charged at a monthly rate ol 1 46%. IB 9* APR lot purchases and 71 B APR tor cash advance! To: Lifeboats MasterCard, Corporate Relations, RNLI, Wesi Quay Road, Poole. Dorset BH151 HZ.

The Royal Bank f RBS of Scotland The Rotal Bank ol Scotland pit; fiagi!teied Oldce 36 St Andrew Souare Edinburgh f H? 7YB fagistefBd in Scotland no 9031 ? Yes. I'm mteresied in ihe Lifeboats MasterCard and would lite an application form Or call Ireeon 0800 M3 2 0 Ma me Mdmn SUM1 ',.