The RNLI
The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) is an organisation (1) (DEPEND) of
government control, dedicated to saving lives at sea. The RNLI has an active fleet of several hundred lifeboats
around the length and (2) (BROAD) of Britain's coastline.
Since it was founded in 1824, the RNLI has had an extremely (3) (SIGNIFY) impact on
maritime safety, saving over 130,000 lives.
Because the RNLI is not funded by the government, it relies on the (4) (GOOD) of the
public to cover its costs, its income coming from membership fees and (5) (CHARITY)
donations. Some people have raised (6) (OBJECT) to this, saying that such an
(7) (VALUE) service should be government-funded.
The lifeboat crews are almost all volunteers. They are generally (8) (KNOW) by the British
people as being (9) (EXAMPLE) in their (10) (SELF), frequently
putting their lives at risk to save others.
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