A voluntary organisation keeping a visual watch along UK shores

NCI GOSPORT VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH COVID VACCINES IN PORTSMOUTH

11th June 2021. Volunteers from the Gosport National Coastwatch Institution station are among those working for free to administer Covid-19 vaccinations in Portsmouth.

Retired anaesthetist and NCI Gosport Station Manager, Chris Aps, has been administering vaccines to patients once a week since March and has encouraged others to help.

Mr Apps, who has recently been elected to the charity’s Board of Trustees,  said: "The NCI is a big organisation that is dedicated to the preservation of life and helping with the vaccines is basically an extension of that”.

The photograph shows volunteers from NCI Gosport, from left, Gail Rendle, Dr Chris Aps and Capt David Burden at the Covid-19 Vaccination Centre at Lalys Pharmacy in Portsmouth (Picture: Chris Moorhouse)

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Currently almost 60 National Coastwatch stations are operational and manned by over 2600 volunteer watchkeepers around the British Isles from Fleetwood in the North West, through Wales, to the South and East of England to Filey in North Yorkshire. 

National Coastwatch watchkeepers provide the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels and providing a listening watch in poor visibility. They are trained to deal with emergencies offering a variety of skills and experience, and full training by the National Coastwatch ensures that high standards are met.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The words National Coastwatch Institution and Eyes Along the Coast and the NCI logos are Registered Trademarks of NCI.

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