Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team

15/10/2026

Have you seen the large yellow Florida buoy that’s now on display?

Alison smith originally came across the buoy between Silecroft and Haverigg in April 2023, and made contact with the National Marine Sanctuary Program in Florida Keys. They are part of the NOAA which is the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

Although they couldn’t tell Alison exactly when the buoy had been first put in the sea, they were thrilled that it had found its way 4,400 miles across the Atlantic to end up here! They wrote a press release for some of the local news outlets, including CBS News which can be found following this link:

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-keys-sanctuary-buoy-made-epic-journey-to-united-kingdom/

Since then the buoy has had some incredible art work done by Millom mayor Simone Faulkner and is on display just down from the boathouse.

13/10/2026

A massive thank you to Hunter Rae from the Bed Shop in Millom and Sheila Watson from the Millom Network Centre Shop for their generous combined donation of £500 to Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team.

Your kindness and support mean so much to our team and will help us continue our work keeping our local coastline safe and being there for those who need us.

From everyone at Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team, thank you both for supporting our charity and helping us make a difference!

06/10/2026

📣🌟 200 club Monday 5th october draw🌟📣

The lucky winners are;

Mandy Wilson - winning the 1st prize of £100 👏
Linda Hinde - winning the 2nd prize of £50 👏
Gavin Robinson - winning the 3rd prize of £25 👏

Big thank you to Gavin Robinson for donating your winnings back to HIRT 🧡

Congratulations everyone.

22/09/2026

We would like to say a massive thank you to Gint Darby for donating the money raised from the Kids Fishing Competition raffle to Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team.

A fantastic £400 was raised and donated to support our volunteer rescue service. Every donation helps us continue our work keeping our local coastline and community safe.

Thank you to everyone who took part and supported the raffle!

16/09/2026

We would like to say a massive thank you to Millom & District Ladies Darts and Dominos League for their very generous £100 donation to Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team.

Your continued support means a great deal to our team and helps us maintain our equipment, support our volunteers and continue providing our lifesaving service.

15/09/2026

A massive thank you to Joe Cosgrove for his very generous £315 donation to Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team, raised through his recent sponsored event.

We really appreciate Joe’s incredible support. Donations like this help us continue to maintain our equipment, train our volunteers and provide our lifesaving service to the local community.

15/09/2026

Last nights training was an exercise simulating the tractor and trailer with boat on board becoming stuck in deep mud, requiring a coordinated response to safely recover both vehicle and trailer

The exercise focused on the emergency contingencies and recovery procedures in place, including scene safety, assessing the situation, establishing a safe recovery plan and working together to ensure the tractor and trailer could be recovered safely.

09/09/2026

07/09/2026

📣🌟 200 club Monday 7th September draw🌟📣

The lucky winners are;

Caitlin Hogarth - winning the 1st prize of £100 👏 Gary Mitchell - winning the 2nd prize of £50 👏
Ian Harrison - winning the 3rd prize of £25 👏

Big thank you to Ian Harrison for donating your winnings back to HIRT 🧡

Congratulations everyone.

31/08/2026

Finishing up our Sunday celebrating surviving a successful 6 weeks, a bank holiday, and Betty’s 3rd birthday 🎈🥳

I mean the madness of the moment meant we actually forgot it was our business birthday 🙈 but a quiet moment with candles, cake and coffee was the calm we welcomed after the chaos 🥰

Thank you for an amazing season, but most of all thank you for building our business. Here’s to many more birthdays to come 🩵💙