Twelve enthusiastic teenagers from East Devon taking part in the National Citizen Service scheme picked Exmouth RNLI as their chosen charity fundraiser as one of the challenges set on the course.

The group of 16- to 17-year-olds, many students from Exmouth Community College, got together as a team to organise and manage a stall on Wednesday 3 August and arrange a variety of initiatives to encourage passers by to donate money for our local lifesaving charity.

These included a name-the-teddy competition and a sponsored leg wax.

Team Leader Douglas Wigram shows off his waxed leg (Ian Bateman/ RNLI)

The National Citizen Service was set up by Royal Charter and is designed to engage, unite and empower young people, building their confidence and helping them make a difference.

Renee Tuck, one of the team captains, said: "As a group we thought very carefully when selecting a charity for this challenge and chose the local RNLI because it is run by volunteers to save lives, it has great awareness through its website and social media and the RNLI has a wonderful reputation generally."

Chair of Exmouth RNLI Fundraising Team, Des White, said: "It was impossible not to be impressed by the sheer enthusiasm of these wonderful young people who came to our station with a great fundraising idea to raise funds for Exmouth RNLI. On behalf of all of us, I thank them for taking their time and using their skills to organise this activity that I'm sure will be very successful."  

All funds they raise will go to important lifesaving equipment and crew training at the lifeboat station.