The RNLI’s 200 Voices Podcast is releasing a new episode every day for 200 days in the run up to the charity’s bicentenary on March 4, 2024.  

Episodes 123 and 124 which are now available to listen to have particular significance to Penlee RNLI and feature the history making Olympian Helen Glover.  

The Cornish rower explains why having lived by the sea in Cornwall all her life, Helen has loved the water for as long as she can remember.  

Helen Glover at Penlee Lifeboat Station, Channel 4 show.
Helen Glover at Penlee Lifeboat Station, Channel 4 show. (Picture: Phil Monckton)

So it's no surprise that she's long admired the RNLI crews that put their lives on the line to save others.  

In particular, she singles out the volunteers from Newlyn – where Helen grew up – who were tragically lost in the 1981 Penlee lifeboat disaster.  

To hear Helen explain why she has so much respect for the selfless RNLI volunteers and find out which moment during her London 2012 Olympics journey was the most special, visit: rnli.org/about-us/our-history/2024/200-voices