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Severn Area Rescue Association

Providing lifeboat, flood, land, and rope rescue teams across the Severn region
Severn Area Rescue Association
REGISTERED NAME
SEVERN AREA RESCUE ASSOCIATION
REGISTERED NUMBER
1193634
ORGANISATION TYPE
Charity Commission England and Wales
YEAR OF REGISTRATION
2021
LOCATION
Wales: Newport, Torfaen, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire (Usk river and inland river and land rescue including Avon Llwyd, river Ebbw)
England: Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire (All areas bordering the Severn Estuary and inland waterways feeding into it from Bristol to Birmingham)
Last Updated:
29.01.2026
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£343k

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Organisation Overview

Areas of Interest

  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Rescue & Disaster
  • Water

Our History

  • Established initially in 1973 from Chepstow to offer local lifeboat services to fishermen and seafarers in the Severn Estuary, the organisation now has 7 stations including 3 lifeboat stations in Chepstow, Newport and Sharpness, as well as 6 other stations offering flood, land, and rope rescue services with a total of 200 volunteers.

Areas of Operation

  • Wales: Newport
  • Wales: Torfaen
  • Wales: Caerphilly
  • England: Bristol
  • Wales: Monmouthshire
  • England: Gloucestershire
  • England: South Gloucestershire

Beneficiaries

  • The General Public / Mankind

    Our search and rescue work supports all members of the public, often at risk persons, as well as wider communities who require our services

Our Vision for a better future

  • Our stations support police and emergency services on land and sea. The closest RNLI stations are Penarth and Avonmouth, and coverage up the active shipping lanes further up the estuary. Our teams of volunteers are all self funded independently of any government of RNLI support, and we are called out over 100 times per year with over 50 in Newport.

How the charity helps

  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Our goals to make a difference

  • Raise awareness of and support marginalised individuals, who often suffer mental health episodes which can bring them to act irresponsibly around inland water

  • Raise awareness within the local population of water safety around rivers and inland water, to reduce the high number of fatalities from inland waterways

  • Support police and emergency services to respond quickly and safely to members of the public requiring rescue and search activities around inland water

  • Provide local families professional and respectful support in searching and recovery of missing persons in and around inland waterways, working with the police

  • Promote inclusion and diversity through our members and encouraging community engagement through members from all societal demographics

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