True Heroes Of The Sea
David Hastings
- Organisation:
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
- Region:
- North East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Charity
- Fee:
- Free
- Category:
- Charity
- Updated:
- 25th January 2021
- Tagged:
- Rnli | Lifeboats | Saving Lives At Sea | Rescue
Uplifting stories of Lifeboat People, Lifeboats and Rescues At Sea over the last 200 years.
Amazing stories of courage, endurance and bravery highlighting the RNLI volunteers who go to sea to help complete strangers in trouble, often in appalling conditions and when everyone else is running for shelter.
The talk can be adapted in length to suit your meeting needs.
Physical presentations are with Powerpoint, videos and a professional sound system. I provide all my own equipment including screen.
Online presentations can also be given by Zoom.
The length of the presentations can be tailored to Speaker Secretary’s requirements.
Views: 1778 | Enquiries: 14About David Hastings
Enthusiastic, passionate and knowledgeable, David is a multi award winning charity fundraiser and brings 48 years of RNLI fundraising experience.
David is the long serving Hon. Secretary of the Durham Branch of the RNLI, a small but highly effective, award-winning, inland fundraising Branch, based in the City of Durham, which organises fundraising events and activities in the Durham, Washington and Newcastle areas.
David has given over 380 community presentations so far, to a wide variety of audiences, including Rotary Clubs, WI's, U3A Clubs, Church Groups, Men's Forums, Health Support Groups and History Societies.
David has organised over 700 RNLI fundraising events and activities in the last 24 years, which have contributed to Durham Branch raising over £600,000 for the RNLI in that time.
In the 2017 National Fundraising Awards (which cover the whole of the charity sector across the whole country) David was one of four shortlisted nominees by the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) for the “Best Volunteer Fundraiser” award.
In the 2019 North East Charity Awards, the North East business and charity communities voted David to receive the "Volunteer Of The Year" award.
In the 2024 New Year's Honours list, His Majesty King Charles III awarded David a British Empire Medal for his 48 years of voluntary service to the RNLI.
In the 2025 National Fundraising Awards, David was voted "Highly Commended" for the “Best Volunteer Fundraiser” award. He was also voted "Highly Commended" in the 2025 North East Charity Awards for the “Charity Champion” award.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by David Hastings
Send a message to the speaker
If you are interested in this talk and wish to contact the speaker, please complete the following form: