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

The main event coming up in August is:

Walberswick Village Fete, 29th August.

Please come along and support the RNLI

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

Recent Events

Flag Day, Woodbridge, 1st August

We were blessed with another warm and sunny day in Woodbridge for our annual Flag Day. Our merry band of collectors were in the Thoroughfare braving the heat and collected £735.35 for the RNLI. Huge thanks to all the collectors, and to the shoppers and visitors who very kindly gave donations.

Woodbridge Regatta 19th July

A wonderful day at Woodbridge Regatta, expertly organised by the team once again! Thanks to our volunteers and everyone who so generously donated and shopped in aid of the RNLI – we are delighted to share we raised £484.72 with a combination of sales and donations!

Westleton Open Garden 7th June

Delighted to share that we raised £1860 for the rnli at Westleton Open Garden. A huge thank you to Debby, Andrew and Sue for opening up their 13 acre gardens for us, and to visitors old and new who so generously donated! It was a fantastic day and it’s brilliant to see this garden evolve and get better each year.

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