Welcome to Woodbridge Branch of the RNLI

The Woodbridge branch of the RNLI is one of the 1,300 fundraising branches and guilds throughout the country. Our objective is to raise money for the RNLI to support our brave volunteer crews to help them save lives at sea.

As a branch, our main aim is to identify fund raising opportunities and arrange events, store collections, flag days, card sales, etc.

We can’t achieve this without the help of our fundraising “Crew”. You can join our “Crew” by volunteering to be Collectors, Helpers, or Committee Members. Please contact our Branch Secretary to find out more.

Upcoming events

Events for 2026

Our main events coming up in June are:

Westleton Open Garden 7th June

Gipping Valley Model Boat Club Open Day 13th June

Our events page has the latest list of events for all of 2026

Recent Events

Suffolk Show, 27/28th May

A wonderful time at the Suffolk Show last week where we took a total of £686.22 for the @rnli, with £420.45 in sales and £265.77 in donations, so a huge thank you to all who bought & donated!. Well done to our trusty team of volunteers – and Stormy Stan!

Tesco Store Collection, 14th March

A huge thank you to Tesco for allowing us to collect donations at their Martlesham store and to all their customers who so generously donated! We are delighted to share that we raised £976.33 for the rnli which is amazing.

We were fundraising alongside the fantastic team from Hope to Connect, who were raising awareness for their aim to break the World Record for the largest Human Cancer Awareness Ribbon at Trinity Park on Saturday 11th April. We wish them every success.

Highlights of previous years