Tokens of love have sealed a five-figure sum for Scotland’s busiest inshore lifeboat.
Following fundraising efforts during last year’s Forth Bridges Festival, the Forth Estuary Transport Authority has donated £10,378.60 to the RNLI Queensferry Lifeboat Station.
The money was raised from the festival’s Lovelocks initiative, where couples were invited to place an engraved padlock on the Forth Road Bridge, with a portion of the cost donated to charity.
Hundreds upon hundreds of people took part, making a public display of their affection and showing exactly who held the key to their hearts.
Feta’s vice-convener, Tony Martin, told The Courier: “The lifeboat station does an essential job in protecting lives in, on and around the Forth and we are thrilled to be able to make such a sizeable donation to help in its efforts.”
David Smart, RNLI Queensferry lifeboat station operations manager, added: “We are extremely grateful to Feta for this generous donation, as it will go a long way to meeting our annual objective of making the station the busiest inshore lifeboat in Scotland financially self-sufficient.”
The Forth Bridges Festival took place last September to mark the 50th birthday of the Forth Road Bridge, as well as three centuries of bridge building on the Forth.