The Pride of Britain Awards brought RNLI lifesaving to the attention of millions at the end of October when Hartlepool RNLI volunteers received the ITV Daybreak Emergency Services Award.

The volunteers and Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team won the award for rescuing teenager Neil Robson after he was trapped in sand with the tide coming in, leaving him in danger of drowning.

There was also TV recognition for our crews when Dungeness Crew Member Garry Clark received an award in the Coastal Rescue category of the BBC 999 awards. Garry received an RNLI Silver Medal for Gallantry for his part in saving a yacht crew in a gale – see the Lifeboat Summer 2012 for more.

RNLI Bronze Medallists Roger Jackson (Exmouth) and Darren Crowe (St Abbs) received Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society awards in November in recognition of rescues they carried out in 2011. Darren and fellow St Abbs volunteers James and Alistair Crowe also received Brave@Heart awards.

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