New Year’s Day Swim Cancelled

For almost two decades we have celebrated the start of the new year with thousands of our supporters at Stokes Bay. We are disappointed to announce that it will not go ahead in 2021, but we know it’s the right decision with the current pandemic. We'll continue to do everything we can to help our seafaring community to stay safe and we wish you all good heath over the months ahead. GAFIRS has grown to become one of the busiest lifeboat stations in the UK. In 2019 we celebrate 50 years of service to the local community. Attending more than 2,000 incidents and saving more than 100 lives.

An Emergency Service, run by volunteers

Manned by unpaid volunteers, ready to respond to incidents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Funded by public donations

GAFIRS is a charity that remains afloat thanks to generous public donations and legacies.

Like many lifeboat services around the UK, we are independent of the RNLI and receive no funding from them.

How the charity performed in 2020

106

Missions

10

Lives saved

687

People Assisted

9,000

voluntary hours given to run the service

Donate to GAFIRS

You can help GAFIRS by making a regular donation, by leaving a legacy to GAFIRS, by raising money for us through an fundraising event. You can join our Lotto, you can spread the word on the great work we do in the community and at sea, you can offer your services to GAFIRS by becoming a member…