The RNLI (UK’s lifeboat charity) issues new safety guidance telling staff and volunteers to consider carefully when to wear RNLI-branded uniform or badges. The charity says some of its personnel have suffered what it describes as “unacceptable abuse” in recent weeks.
The guidance encourages people to make a situational judgement about appearance in public, including whether it is appropriate to wear branded clothing. Sky News reports the advice is specifically about choosing when to wear the uniform, while the Daily Express focuses on the related instruction for personnel to consider not wearing RNLI badges. Both accounts describe the move as a response to recent abuse incidents.
The RNLI does not, in the reports provided, specify the locations, the nature of the abuse beyond the charity’s description, or whether any further security measures are being introduced. The common theme across outlets is that the charity is taking steps to reduce the risk of harm to its staff and volunteers by adjusting public-facing branding practices.
