MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL UK LIFEBOAT STATIONS & THEIR CREW
Merry Christmas to all UK Lifeboat Stations and their crew. Thank you for everything you do.
Chieftain Training is pleased to pledge its continued support to the UK’s independent lifeboat stations. In 2023 and 2024 we offered free First Aid training to three local independent lifeboat stations. For 2025 we smashed that, and opened the offer up nationally. For 2026 the offer still stands.
Eligible volunteer lifeboat crew from any independent lifeboat station in Great Britain and Northern Ireland are welcome to join one of our STCW Elementary First Aid Courses at our Hamble training centre FREE OF CHARGE.
CHIEFTAIN’S LIFEBOAT OFFER
The offer is open to any current lifeboat crew who has served at a declared lifeboat station for at least 6 weeks and who either does not hold a valid First Aid Certificate or their current one is due to expire with the next 6 months. Bookings must be placed by the station’s training manager and are subject to availability.
Chieftain Training’s Principal, Doug Innes, comments. “If I lived close enough to a lifeboat station I would volunteer as a crew member, so this is my way of trying to help. We have a huge respect for all you heroes who give your time and risk your lives to help us seafarers. All of our courses are discounted for lifeboat crew, and we are making the STCW Elementary First Aid Course free again for 2026 for any volunteer crew that need it.”
All bookings should be made through the station’s Training Manager. The Training Manager of each UK Independent Lifeboat Station is invited to contact us at info@chieftain.training and register their station with us. There are at least three places available per course and there is a course almost every week. We will add extra course dates if necessary.
Our one-day STCW Elementary First Aid Course is approved by the MCA for use across all their codes of practice. It is also recognised by the RYA for RYA Instructors and commercial endorsements.
