Peel RNLI needs more volunteers

Tuesday, 12 August 2014 at 00:00

Peel lifeboat team is looking to recruit new volunteers.

The RNLI is run and funded almost totally by non-paid workers - the western team now needs to bolster its front line staff.

Press officer Malcolm Kelly says ideally the crew needs to be people who live in the area:

He says the recruitment drive is coming off the back of a busy year:

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