Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains has introduced a major achievement in its long-standing partnership with the Royal Nationwide Lifeboat Establishment (RNLI), having raised £50,000 in 2023. In accordance with a press launch, this contribution exceeds their preliminary goal by £10,000
Since 2000, Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains and their friends have raised over £1.4 million, funding quite a few assets for the RNLI, together with lifeboats, coaching models, seminar rooms, launching trolleys, crew coaching, and gear.
The 2023 fundraising initiatives included a wide range of occasions throughout Fred. Olsen’s fleet: the Bolette, Borealis, and Balmoral. Company onboard Borealis’ world cruise have been challenged to stroll, run, cycle, and swim 34,849 miles, equal to the space of the corporate’s “Across the World in 80 Days” cruise.
Dr Kate Bunyan, director of well being providers at Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains and RNLI Volunteer, stated: “We’re extremely proud to be the RNLI’s longest-standing company associate, with a relationship that has spanned greater than 60 years. As a volunteer Lifeboat Medical Adviser for the RNLI, I even have the privilege of witnessing firsthand the unbelievable work that volunteers put in to guard lives at sea and the affect that every donation to the RNLI makes. We stay up for persevering with our fundraising within the years to return.”
Jayne George, director of fundraising, advertising and media on the RNLI, added: “Our company companions are important to our fundraising efforts to avoid wasting lives at sea. We cherish the relationships we share with our company companions, and we’re extremely proud for Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains to be our longest-standing company associate, with a relationship that has spanned greater than half a century. The £50,000 donation from Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains and their friends is an unbelievable support to our fundraising efforts and we are able to’t wait to work collectively in 2024 and past.”
In 2019, Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains funded the Pleasure of Fred. Olsen and the Spirit of Fred. Olsen lifeboats. The Spirit of Fred. Olsen was launched in April 2012 in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, with friends waving from the Balmoral in June because it handed the Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI lifeboat station.
This launch coincided with Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains’ one hundred and seventieth birthday and 50 years of partnership with the RNLI, elevating £170,000 for the aid lifeboat, an Atlantic 85. The lifeboat’s title was chosen by Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains’ friends in a contest onboard its smaller-sized ships.
