Portree & Kyle Of Lochalsh Lifeboats Receive Generous Donations

23rd January 2020

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Portree and Kyle of Lochalsh volunteers receive their cheques in front of Kyle’s inshore Atlantic 85, Spirit of Fred Olsen Credit: RNLI/Kyle of Lochalsh

Two very generous cheques was presented from supporters of Portree and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboat stations in western Scotland last Friday 17 January.

Mr Rodger Harvey-Jamieson made the very generous donation of £10,000 cheque from his family to each station when he visited Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI.

Mr Alfie Edwards, representing the Applecross Boat Pull Team, also handed over to each station a cheque for £1,000. The team have been fundraising for local charities and the RNLI for several years.

Thanking Mr Harvey-Jamieson and Mr Edwards were Portree coxswain Hamish Corrigall and operations manager John Ellis, as well as Emma Noble and Daniel Elliot representing Kyle station.

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