Dad and daughter volunteer with York Rescue Boat to save lives
Her dad says the York Rescue Boat can "literally be the difference between life and death".The charity was set up in response to a number of deaths in the rivers of York, and aims to keep people safe through education, safety patrols and an on-call search and rescue crew.
David says members of the team sometimes "need time to decompress" after a call-out, but "it's definitely worth it".The team dynamic helps volunteers to deal with it, Hannah adds."This crew is an awful lot like my family - a lot of them have seen me grow up from around the age of six, so being able to spend my days doing this fills me with pride," she says.Recruitment lead Sally Waddington says: "We get as much out of it as we put in." She also volunteers as operational crew, alongside her day job in the pharmacy department at York Hospital.
"It's not just the boat, there are so many aspects of the charity that people can get involved with," Sally says."You may be good at baking cakes that can help on our stalls," she adds, with roles also available in marketing and on operational foot patrol, working alongside the boat crew.The charity is planning a day of demonstrations at Queen's Staith in York on Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00 BST.
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