RNLI Dart is being supported by a Masonic Lodge in Worcestershire.

David Bell, Worshipful Master of the St Kenelm Lodge in Stourbridge, chose the RNLI Dart lifeboat to be one of the charities to support during his year in office.

Harry and Jo Escott, both previously RNLI Dart fundraisers, were good friends and lived nearby before they moved to live in Dartmouth.

Harry has been up to Stourbridge and gave a talk to the lodge – hence the link with Dartmouth and the RNLI.

The £1,000 raised for the RNLI was all donated by the Freemasons, their wives and their friends during various meetings over the year.

David and his wife Sue came to the lifeboat station to present the cheque to Rob Clements, Dart lifeboat operations manager, while they were on holiday in the area.