29th November 2016. A series of public presentations took place on the Lizard Peninsula during November 2016, organised by HM Coastguard in Falmouth, involving the Lizard Lifeboat Station and Bass Point Coastwatch.  This is the first time that the three local safety at sea organisations have teamed up to deliver a combined presentation to members of the public.  The talks covered the history and role of the three organisations leading up to the important issues that they currently face today, in the light of the fact that the Lizard Peninsula receives over 300,000 visitors each year.

The presentation by the Lizard Lifeboat Station charted how it is working with the local community to deliver the RNLI’s national drowning prevention campaign ‘Respect the Water’.  This campaign aims to educate those at risk of the potential dangers of water and ultimately halve the number of coastal drownings nationally.  For HM Coastguard, led by Senior Coastal Operations Officer, Tom Ebbens, there is a campaign to recruit volunteers to join the three, Lizard Peninsula-based cliff rescue teams and volunteers did indeed come forward. The National Coastwatch Institution Station at Bass Point has a continuous requirement to recruit new watch keepers and, as a consequence of these talks, two new volunteers have come forward, so the exercise was well worthwhile

Pictured in the photograph taken at the Paris Hotel, Coverack, are the presenters Tom Ebbens from HM Coastguard flanked by Jerry Marks of the Lizard Lifeboat Station (left) and Robert Wright from NCI Bass Point (right)