The volunteer crew of Dover’s RNLI lifeboat has thanked the Phoenix Angling Club for its donation.

Club members presented a cheque for £1,771 to volunteers on-board the station’s Severn Class lifeboat City Of London II this morning.

Dover’s Lifeboat Operations Manager, Roy Couzens said: “Without donations such as these from organisations and members of the local community the Royal National Lifeboat Institution would cease to exist, so on behalf of the crew and the Dover branch I would like to say a huge thank you to the members of the Phoenix Angling Club for their continued support.”

They raised the money through a number of events including an auction, a live music event and a collection outside Morrisons, Bridge Street.

The club has donated over ten thousand pounds to their local lifeboat and its volunteer crew.

The cheque was accepted by Dover’s Second Coxswain James Clapham and members of the lifeboat crew.