Our Strategy

 

Our Mission:

to assist in the protection and preservation of life at sea and around the UK coastline. 

Our Vision:

to maintain our professional watchkeeping standards while developing NCI into a truly national organisation, universally recognised as the foremost provider of voluntary watchkeeping services to the UK Search and Rescue organisations. 

 

Our Aspirations:

to maintain and develop our current expertise and capability, further developing our existing stations and expanding into new areas of proven need. 
We will continue to build our profile with a targeted communications programme, taking positive steps to encourage greater use of Channel 65 among inshore waters users. 
At the same time we will strengthen our financial base through a strong programme of local and national fundraising to build a sustainable funding stream which will enable us to fulfil our future development plans.
As NCI expands we will gradually build our management structure to continue to support existing stations and enable development into new areas. 

Our Core Value:

a commitment to helping to save lives at sea and around the UK coastline by providing a volunteer watchkeeping service to assist HM Coastguard.  

Integrity/ethics:

to maintain accountability and efficiency in the use of the donations entrusted to us by our supporters, managing our affairs with transparency, integrity and impartiality. We take responsibility for our own actions and are dedicated to the safety of others. 

Strengths:

Our strength lies in our local volunteer watchkeepers, carefully directed and resourced. 
We believe in continually striving for excellence and innovation, constantly seeking better ways of delivering what we do and embracing new ideas and technologies. 
We will not seek funding from central government where that would jeopardise our independence. 

Opportunities:

We will work with HMCG and RNLI to evaluate the potential of new lookout sites with a view to establishing self-sufficient stations wherever they are needed. 
The fundamental criteria for new stations will be ‘proven need’ and ‘viability' (financial and manpower).

Measurements:

We are building an ever-larger historical database of incident types and causes, which will enable us to develop a clear picture of current and future trends which we will need to be aware of. This data, combined with that of our SAR partners HMCG and RNLI, will enable us to take a more pro-active role in helping to save lives at sea and around the UK coastline. 

 

About

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.

Contact


General enquiries
0300 111 1202

Media enquiries
0845 460 1202


[email protected]


17 Dean Street, Liskeard,
Cornwall, PL14 4AB