A NORTHSIDE woman received an award in London recently for her years of service to charity.
HRH the Duke of Kent presented Rose Michael, from Malahide, with a Gold Badge from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at its annual presentation of awards, held in the Barbican Theatre.
Rose was honoured for her volunteer work for the charity and in particular at Howth RNLI lifeboat station. She has been involved in raising funds for the lifeboats from the time she was a teenager.
As a teenager, Rose spent many days sailing dinghies and represented Ireland on the Irish Junior Sailing team. It was through this that she says she became very aware of the necessity of having a lifeboat crew nearby.
Her mother ran the guild in Howth and encouraged Rose to collect for the charity. She was involved in the committee of the lifeboat guild over 20 years ago and encouraged many people from the Malahide area to support the RNLI in its life-saving work.
Rose coordinates the Malahide flag day and many other events including the RNLI Reindeer Run in Dublin and the recent Mayday campaign locally. She also organises activities on the annual open day at the lifeboat station. She is involved with education in the area and helps facilitate visits at the station and to schools.
Pauline McGann, RNLI community fundraising manager, said Rose was very deserving of this award.
“Howth RNLI is an extremely busy lifeboat station and the work Rose does to raise both funds and the profile of the station is enormous,
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“She is a tireless volunteer for the charity, consistently going above and beyond to ensure that people know and support the great work of the volunteer lifeboat crews.
“This Gold Badge has been awarded to recognise the many years of service and dedication that Rose has given and continues to give to the lifeboats.
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Rose was honoured along with other volunteers from Wexford, Kerry and Cork who had received the charity’s highest honours for their years of dedicated service.