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Touring
cyclists drop in at Burnham hovercraft HQ
NEWS
POSTED: 29 August, 2010
 Almost
30 cyclists made a quick visit to Burnham-On-Sea's hovercraft
station during the latest stage of a round Britain cycling
challenge on Saturday (August 28th). The cyclists sped their
way along the town's beach from Berrow to Burnham during
the Somerset leg of The Great Tour.
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Crowds
flock to annual ESCAPE Day in Burnham
NEWS
POSTED: 15 August, 2010
 HUGE
crowds packed Burnham-On-Sea seafront on Sunday (August
15th) when dozens of emergency services from across the
West Country gathered to take part in a joint safety awareness
day.
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MG presents new engine to hovercraft charity
NEWS
POSTED: 15 August, 2010
 Engineers at motor firm MG have come to the aid of Burnham-On-Sea's rescue hovercraft. After six years of faithful service and many lifesaving rescues, the engine in Burnham's Spirit of Lelaina rescue hovercraft was beginning to feel the strain. More...
BARB
reaches £60,000 fundraising target for new hovercraft
NEWS
POSTED: 1 August, 2010
 Delighted
crewmembers at Burnham-On-Sea's hovercraft rescue charity
BARB are celebrating this week after completing a major
fundraising campaign to buy a new £60,000 hovercraft.
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Burnham-On-Sea
bank gives town charity a welcome boost
NEWS
POSTED: 21 July, 2010
 Generous
staff at a bank in Burnham-On-Sea have given a local charity
a boost by holding a fundraising walk. Staff at the Britannia
in College Street have raised over £280 for hovercraft
charity BARB.
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Swimmers
make a splash for hovercraft charity
NEWS
POSTED: 16 July, 2010
 Hundreds
of pounds was handed over to several local charities this
week following a succesful fundraising swim by members of
Burnham-On-Sea Swimming Club. Sixty youngsters took part
in the sponsored swim.
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500
pupils from eleven schools to visit Burnham's rescue groups
NEWS
POSTED: 15 June, 2010
 Dozens
of pupils from Sutton Park Community Primary School in Kidderminster
enjoyed a special visit to Burnham-On-Sea on Tuesday (June
15th) when they were given a VIP tour of the town's marine
rescue services - the first of eleven visits. More...
Burnham
Lions Club gives BARB's funds a £500 boost
NEWS
POSTED: 13 June, 2010
 Burnham-On-Sea
Lions Club has donated £500 towards the town's hovercraft
rescue charity BARB. The
group has handed over the cheque to help the charity's £60,000
fundraising campaign to buy a replacement for the Light
Of Elizabeth hovercraft.
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Heave
ho! Fundraising tug-of-war pulls in funds for BARB
NEWS
POSTED: 1 June, 2010
 Hundreds
of pounds was raised for a local good cause during a fundraising
tug-of-war in Brent Knoll, near Burnham-On-Sea, on Bank
Holiday Monday (May 31st). Seven teams tried to out-pull
each other during the event outside the Brent Knoll Inn
while raising funds for rescue charity BARB. More...
Yachtsman
Tony Bullimore visits Burnham hovercraft group's AGM
NEWS
POSTED: 22 May, 2010
 Well-known
yachtsman Tony Bullimore was the special guest at a Burnham-On-Sea
charity's AGM on Friday night (May 21st). Mr Bullimore,
who famously survived for five days in an upturned boat
during the 1996/97 round the world yacht race, visited BARB's
AGM in the town. More...
Shapwick
School picks up safety advice during visit to BARB
NEWS
POSTED: 9 May, 2010
 Eighteen
youngsters from a local school picked up beach safety advice
during a special visit to Burnham-On-Sea's rescue hovercraft,
Coastguard and lifeboat stations on Saturday morning (May
8th). The group from Shapwick School were given guided tours
of the town's three marine rescue services and met crewmembers
from each organisation. More...
Vintage
tractors roll into town to help fundraising drive
NEWS
POSTED: 18 April, 2010
 Over
50 vintage tractors chugged their way through the Burnham-On-Sea
area on Sunday (April 18th) during a fundraising tractor
road run that ended on the town's seafront. North Somerset
Vintage Tractor Club's members organised the event from
Sandford to Burnham via Winscombe, Rooksbridge, East Brent
and Berrow, and helped raise almost £700 for hovercraft
rescue charity BARB.
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Black
tie ball gives huge £15,000 boost to hovercraft appeal
NEWS
POSTED: 15 April, 2010
 The
fundraising appeal to buy Burnham's new rescue hovercraft
has received a major boost this week. A black tie ball held
to money towards the cost of buying the craft for BARB raised
a huge £15,000. Over 140 people supported the event,
held at the Batch Country Hotel in Lympsham, which was jointly
organised by Burnham Rotary Club and BARB.
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Town
Crier's widow presents donation to BARB team
NEWS
POSTED: 15 April, 2010
 The
fundraising appeal to buy Burnham's new rescue hovercraft
has received a major boost this week. A black tie ball held
to money towards the cost of buying the craft for BARB raised
a huge £15,000. Over 140 people supported the event,
held at the Batch Country Hotel in Lympsham, which was jointly
organised by Burnham Rotary Club and BARB.
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Easter
bikers raise funds for Burnham-On-Sea hovercraft
NEWS
POSTED: 4 April, 2010
 Dozens
of motorcyclists, some dressed in Easter costumes, took
part in a fundraising bike run from Highbridge to Minehead
on Easter Day (April 4th). Somerset Motorcycle Group oversaw
the special event, which started from Highbridge's Bristol
Bridge Inn.
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Tickets
go on sale for fundraising black tie ball for BARB
NEWS
POSTED: 21 March, 2010
 Tickets
have gone on sale for a black tie ball to raise funds for
a new £60,000 rescue hovercraft in Burnham-On-Sea.
The
event is being jointly overseen by The Rotary Club of Burnham,
in partnership with BARB, and will be held at the Batch
Country Hotel in Lympsham on 10th April at 7pm.
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In
photos: Super Hero Night raises over £1,600 for new
hovercraft
NEWS
POSTED: 21 March, 2010
 Dozens
of people turned up in colourful costumes for a super hero
themed fundraising event to help a life-saving Burnham-On-Sea
charity on Saturday evening (March 20th). BARB's 'Super
Hero Night' was held at Brean's Beachcomber Inn in aid of
the hovercraft rescue group's £60,000 campaign to
buy a new replacement craft.
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Prince
Edward becomes patron of new hovercraft campaign
NEWS
POSTED: 3 March, 2010
 Prince
Edward has this week been unveiled as the patron of Burnham
rescue charity BARB's fundraising campaign to raise £60,000
for a new hovercraft. The
Earl Of Wessex has given his backing to the campaign following
a visit to Burnham-On-Sea last April.
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BT
Community Champion grant award for hovercraft charity
NEWS
POSTED: 21 February, 20010
 A
life-saving Burnham-On-Sea charity has received a financial
boost from British Telecom this week. BARB has been awarded
£150 through BT's Community Champions award scheme
thanks to the voluntary work of one of the organisation's
crewmembers, Eddie Fey. More...
Tickets
go on sale for fundraising Super Hero Night
NEWS
POSTED: 15 February, 20010
 Tickets
have gone on sale for a fun-filled 'super hero' theme night,
which is being held next month to raise funds for the charity
that operates Burnham-On-Sea's rescue hovercraft. The 'Super
Hero Night' will be held at the Beachcomber Inn in Brean
on Saturday, March 20th from 7.30pm.
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Christmas
lights cash gives hovercraft campaign a boost
NEWS
POSTED: 3 February, 20010
 The
charity that runs Burnham-On-Sea's rescue hovercrafts has
been given a financial boost this week with the donation
of more than £3,000. Residents in Trinity Close handed
over a cheque to BARB for £3,127.71 to help fund the
charity's replacement of one of its life-saving hovercrafts.
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Every
penny counts! Cubs' coin collection raises £180 for
BARB
NEWS
POSTED: 25 January, 20010
 Dozens
of kind-hearted Burnham-On-Sea Beavers and Cubs have dug
into their pockets and money boxes to save up bagfuls of
pennies for the charity that runs the town's two rescue
hovercrafts. The youngsters, pictured, spent weeks saving
up thousands of the coins and have handed over a total of
£186.60. More...
Charity's
volunteers help with snow relief work in Burnham area
NEWS
POSTED: 10 January, 20010
 Volunteers
from Burnham-On-Sea rescue hovercraft charity BARB have
been helping carers and ambulance crews to reach patients
across Somerset during the severe weather. On Wednesday,
BARB's 4x4 trucks were used to transport a local doctor
and a community nurse on their rounds.
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30
swimmers take part in fundraising Boxing Day dip in sea!
NEWS
POSTED: 26 December, 2009
 Dozens
of fundraisers braved the icy waters of the Bristol Channel
to take part in a bracing sea dip at Brean today (Boxing
Day) to raise hundreds of pounds for a Burnham-On-Sea charity.
Over 30 supporters of rescue hovercraft charity BARB ran
into the Bristol Channel during the sponsored event, which
was held to raise funds towards the £60,000 cost of
buying the charity a new rescue hovercraft. More...
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Father
Christmas comes to Burnham hovercraft station!
NEWS
POSTED: 7 December, 2009
 Santa
Claus will visit Burnham-On-Sea over two weekends in the
run-up to Christmas - and families are being encouraged
to come along and meet him. Part of Burnham's rescue hovercraft
station on The Esplanade will be transformed into a festive
grotto for Father Christmas, who will be handing out gifts
to visitors.
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Motorcycle
group hands cheque to BARB after fundraising bike runs
NEWS
POSTED: 22 November, 2009
 A
group of Somerset motorcycling enthusiasts who have held
a series of fundraising bike rides across the county have
this week handed over the proceeds to a Burnham-On-Sea charity.
The Somerset Motorcycle Group raised £610 for BARB,
the charity that operates Burnham's two rescue hovercrafts.
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Brean
country music club raises £750 for Burnham hovercraft
NEWS
POSTED: 22 November, 2009
 Burnham-On-Sea's
rescue hovercraft charity was one of four good causes to
receive a funding boost from a Brean country and western
club this week. The Tavern Country Music Club, based at
Brean Leisure Park, handed over £750 to BARB, as pictured,
towards the charity's ongoing hovercraft maintenance costs
and the replacement of its Light Of Elizabeth craft.
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Hovercraft
conducts 'safety mission' with a difference
NEWS
POSTED: 1 November, 2009
 One
of Burnham-On-Sea's hovercrafts was used for a 'safety mission'
with a difference on Saturday (October 31st). Sedgemoor
District Council's Assistant Harbour Officer, Ricky Holmes,
and Nick Prout were flown out into Bridgwater Bay to check
the condition of the buoys around Stert Island ahead of
the winter season.
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Spooky
speedsters roar into action to raise funds for BARB!
NEWS
POSTED: 31 October, 2009
 Fun-loving
motorcyclists dressed in Halloween costumes roared through
Burnham-On-Sea on Saturday morning (October 31st) at the
start of a sponsored 35 mile bike ride. Members of the Somerset
Motorcycle Group organised the ride from Burnham to Watchet
to raise funds for Burnham-On-Sea's rescue hovercraft charity,
BARB.
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