An historic scroll marking the RNLI's 200th anniversary is set to arrive in Penarth next week.
The scroll is in the final stages of a nationwide journey throughout the UK and Ireland, which began at a Thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey in March and will end next month in Douglas on the Isle of Man.
Next Friday, it will arrive at Penarth's lifeboat station, where a member of the volunteer crew will be on hand to add their name on behalf of the community.
The scroll carries the words of the RNLI's one crew pledge - printed in Welsh, English and five other languages - which honours the mission started by RNLI founder Sir William Hillary to save lives at sea.
It has been made especially by RNLI craftspeople including a carpenter based at the all-weather lifeboat centre in Poole and the inshore lifeboat centre on the Isle of Wight. The wooden handle was made from an old flagpole from the Ramsey lifeboat station on the Isle of Man.
Jason Dunlop, operations manager at RNLI Penarth, said: "In our 200-year history the RNLI has evolved in many ways, but the one thing that has remained the same is the constant connection with the community and the dedication and effort of all of our volunteers, that ultimately means our crews can go out and continue to save lives at sea as they have done for the past two centuries."
To mark the occasion, a special anniversary service will be held at St Augustine's Church on Sunday 22nd September, led by the Rev Mark Jones.
The service will start at 10.45am with the Penarth RNLI Standard being processed in at the beginning and out at the end - a retiring collection will also be made.
Following on from the scroll's visit, Penarth lifeboat station will be welcoming two more special visitors on a fundraising challenge.
Belinda and James are driving clockwise around the British Isles and Ireland in their Porsche 911 dubbed "The Last Blast", aiming to visit all 238 lifeboat stations in 911 hours.
The duo are set to arrive in Penarth for a 20-minute stopoff at 10.55am on Tuesday 24th September.
An RNLI spokesperson said: "We encourage our volunteers and any supporters to attend the events and we look forward to our community joining together to commemorate the 200th anniversary as one crew."
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