Microsoft is donating £5m worth of technology to
theRoyal National Lifeboat
Institution.
The aim is to allow the
Royal National
Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to free up money for critical
lifesaving activities.
Microsoft is giving its technology to the RNLI over three years.
This will enable the charity to invest money normally spent on
software elsewhere.
The donation comes at an important time, as the RNLI expects
gifts to dry up because of the
current economic turmoil.
"Indeed we are bracing ourselves to be fully hit by the storm
next year, when the impact of reduced share and house prices on the
value of legacy gifts - upon which we are so dependent - is
expected to become apparent," said RNLI chief executive, Andrew
Freemantle.
