Overview
- The RNLI released its 2025 rescue totals and used the figures to launch the Mayday Mile fundraiser for its volunteer crews.
- Crews launched more than 9,000 times, aided 8,290 people and recorded 272 lives saved, which the charity counts only when an intervention takes a person to safety or definitive care.
- On the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast, stations logged 422 launches, helped 272 people and saved 13 lives, with Scarborough and Whitby among the busiest.
- In the North West, Lancashire stations made 196 launches, with Blackpool at 91 launches and 10 lives saved and New Brighton at 46 launches, including 17 at night, with two lives saved.
- Torbay launched 113 times in 2025, aided 69 people and saved two lives, and the station reports 15 callouts in the first three months of 2026 with regular training to keep crews ready.