Coastguard is the charity saving lives at sea.

Our rescue crew are volunteers - local people with regular jobs and families. They drop everything to save lives on our seas, lakes and rivers.

This MayDay, we're asking you - our fantastic supporters - to help provide critical funds needed for search and rescue training for our 2,240 volunteers!

Donate today, or become a MayDay Champion!

Hold your own fundraising event during May - get your family or colleagues together and put on your own fundraiser.

It doesn't have to be heaps of work and it can be great fun. Have a bake sale, a morning tea, a sausage sizzle, a seafood dinner, a walking or running challenge, buy a round for Coastguard, or get creative and have some fun turning your own amazing idea into a reality.

Set yourself up as a Fundraiser by clicking the green HELP FUNDRAISE button and you can raise funds on your very own online page.