Families have been flocking to Caister Lifeboat shed to hunt down some colourful Easter eggs and find out more about the work of the lifesaving crew.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Caister Lifeboat holding a Easter Egg hunt over the bank holiday weekend. Scouts, guides and local school children have handmade the eggs for the visitors to find.Hannah King (dressed as a crew member) on holiday with her family holding some eggs decorated by local children.Picture: James BassCaister Lifeboat holding a Easter Egg hunt over the bank holiday weekend. Scouts, guides and local school children have handmade the eggs for the visitors to find.Hannah King (dressed as a crew member) on holiday with her family holding some eggs decorated by local children.Picture: James Bass (Image: (C) Archant Norfolk 2015)

The fun event opened yesterday and continues today, tomorrow and on bank holiday Monday from 10am - 3.30pm each day.

Youngsters and their parents have been enjoying seeking out the brightly painted eggs, getting dressed up as one of the crew members and looking around the lifeboat shed and its vessels.

All the eggs that have been craftily hidden have been hand decorated by children from the village infant and junior schools, as well as members of the 1st Caister Scouts and 2nd Martham Guides.

Crew member Andrew Turner, who organised the event - the first of its kind staged by the service - said lots of people had been coming through the doors.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Caister Lifeboat holding a Easter Egg hunt over the bank holiday weekend. Scouts, guides and local school children have handmade the eggs for the visitors to find.Hannah King (dressed as a crew member) on holiday with her family holding some eggs decorated by local children.Picture: James BassCaister Lifeboat holding a Easter Egg hunt over the bank holiday weekend. Scouts, guides and local school children have handmade the eggs for the visitors to find.Hannah King (dressed as a crew member) on holiday with her family holding some eggs decorated by local children.Picture: James Bass (Image: (C) Archant Norfolk 2015)

He said: 'I did some feedback a couple of years ago and people said it was a nice museum but there's not enough for children to do. This has been part of my way of trying to address that and make the place more family friendly.

'Part of the reason for that is young people are our future crew so if we can engage with them at a young age maybe they'll come back and join the crew one day.'

The volunteer service, which is completely independent of the RNLI, runs both an inshore and offshore boat and is supported entirely by public donations.

Entry for the egg hunt costs 50p and everyone who takes part wins a chocolate treat at the end.

Mr Turner added: 'A lot of people have been putting money in our donation boxes as well so we're raising money with this.'