Life savers get funding

Over £200,000 has been granted to the Port William Inshore Rescue Service to help them improve their facilities.

The project run by volunteers, relies on support from the local community, and now they'll be able to fully comply with standards set by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

The money was granted by the Dumfries and Galloway European Fisheries Fund, and it will go towards a new boat and boatshed, as Fiona McIlwraith reports.

Watch her full report below.

George McKenzie, from Port William Inshore Rescue Service, tells ITV Border why the rescue service desperately needs the money from the Dumfries and Galloway European Fisheries Fund.

The Port William Inshore Rescue Services have received a £240,000 grant to help upgrade their facilities.

Dumfries and Galloway European Fisheries awarded the money to the team to help the buy a new rescue boat.

Its hoped the money with also encourage younger people to join the team:

More than £240,000 has been granted to Port William Inshore Rescue Service to upgrade its facilities.

The money, from the Dumfries and Galloway European Fisheries fund, will go towards buying a fully equipped rigid inflatable rescue boat and building a new lifeboat shed, which will comply with the Maritime Coatguard Agency's regulations.

More than two hundred thousand pounds is being given to lifeboat volunteers to buy a new boat and build a new lifeboat shed. The European Fisheries Fund is giving the money to the group at Port William in Dumfries and Galloway.