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Photo of the Month (Keep those photos rolling in please!)

The NMOC Football Team looking resplendent in the CGA Football Kit!

We have now entered into the English Football Associations Peoples Cup and have our first qualifying match on Sunday 26th February where we will be wearing the Kit and promoting the Coastguard Association. We are also looking at entering the Civil Service Sports Club Games 2017 based up at Loughbrough University to again represent both HM Coastguard and the Coastguard Association.

I have attached a picture of us all after the football match against HQ (beat them 5-1!) looking very jubilant. Kind Regards and Many Thanks – Daniel Winter

The 2017 contingent for Remembrance Sunday seem happy that the standing and parading is finally over, and didn’t they do the service proud!

Peter Brown's photo.

So much really good operational, prevention and fundraising work is done around the coast and then captured on Smartphones or cameras. If you have a great photo with a Coastguard theme why don’t you share with us at

pr@coastguardassociation.org.uk

"The Withernsea Boating Social Club recently held a fundraising concert for Humber branch and raised £440 for us. Picture shows Paul Davig receiving the cheque from some of their committee members"

Who knows, it might become our photo of the month! Remember though, every penny helps and we do thank you for all your efforts….

Coastguard Association Support

The Coastguard Association provide a variety of support in a number of ways, we are don’t share every case that we support as those families in need do not always wish to be identified but recently we have provided financial assistance to two families who stories we can share:

A C.R.O. in the Hartlepool area – who had had an operation, he was self employed, and currently off work so was having financial difficulty.
A C.R.O. in the Rhyll area who had been made homeless, and the CGA was able to give him the assistance he required to enable him to raise a deposit for rented accommodation.

We received a lovely thank you from the Hartlepool team, and we would like to continue to wish the station officer a speedy recovery.

To enable us to continue to support our fellow Coastguards please join the CGA

Welcome

2016/17 saw many changes in UK Search & Rescue, from the closing of bases & stations, to the transfer of numerous responsibilities to the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC), including those of the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC).

2018 has seen those changes continue, with the addition of the Satellite Mission Control hub to the NMOC and with many changes to Coastguard Rescue Service equipment and protocols.

2019 saw an Alerting upgrade from pagers to SmartPhones for many Coastguard Rescue Officers together with a Coast Rescue Service review.

2020 promises just as many changes, with numerous staff and organisational changes and a healthy organisational reflection on capability.

The Coastguard Association will never forget that new buildings, technology and machines are nothing without the men and women that operate them, either remaining in service today within what was termed ‘Future Coastguard’ or now watching from the sidelines having contributed so much over the years.

The Coastguard Association are delighted to welcome you to our website and hope that you can help us, help those who now have need of our support.

Join us today so we can help you tomorrow…