In October 2024, Allan was rescued by the RNLI. He has set up this page in honour of his birthday so that friends and family can donate instead of buy birthday presents.

Allan’s dinghy capsized in the River Banwell near Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. He clung to his fishing boat in the water for two hours, until help came.

A team from Weston's Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) responded after he was spotted, and he was winched to safety using the coastguard helicopter.

"It was a terrible experience, very traumatic, I never want to relive it again. I'm just so grateful to everybody, all the life boat crew, the RNLI, the coastguard."

Weston-super-Mare lifeboat station was established in the early 1882. The RNLI is a charity solely reliant on donations.

Your donation will help to fund the selfless work of our volunteer lifeboat crew in Weston-super-Mare, by doing so you will be helping to save lives around our coast and will be providing the best equipment possible to ensure the safety of our volunteers.