Police Scotland & Glasgow Humane Society

The Glasgow Humane Society was founded in 1790. It is the oldest continuing lifeboat service in the world. The aims and objectives of the Society are: *Preservation of human life in and around the waterways of

Greater Glasgow Greater Glasgow is an urban settlement in Scotland consisting of all localities which are physically attached to the city of Glasgow, forming with it a single contiguous urban area (or conurbation). It does not relate to municipal government ...

. *Provision of lifeboat / safety services where and when requested. *The search and recovery of persons from the

River Clyde The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...

where and when requested by

Police Scotland Police Scotland ( gd, Poileas Alba), officially the Police Service of Scotland (), is the national police force of Scotland. It was formed in 2013, through the merging of eight regional police forces in Scotland, as well as the specialist service ...

*Advice to councils, emergency services, universities and schools businesses, riverside users and general members of the public on safety and accident prevention on waterways. *Education of the public in water safety. The Society is contracted by the council to maintain the provision of Life Belts along the Clyde and assist in Search and Locate missions for missing people. The current Officer is William Graham. In 2012, the society travelled to London where they had been invited to participate in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Regatta The Bennie, a lifeboat custom designed by Benjamin "Bennie" Parsonage, is on display in the

Riverside Museum The Riverside Museum (formerly known as the Glasgow Museum of Transport) is a museum in Glasgow, housed in a building at Pointhouse Quay in the Glasgow Harbour regeneration district of Glasgow, Scotland. The building opened in June 2011, winnin ...

. Several of the Society's boats are replicas of the Bennie, as it is the fastest boat that can still be tipped far enough to allow a person to be lifted over the side.https://glasgowhumanesociety.org.uk

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