As Australia’s population has steadily increased over time, so has the diversity and makeup of the people within it. LSV’s Cultural Competence training course (available online) is therefore an important step for any individual or organisation in today’s aquatic environment.…
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Did you know…. that Life Saving Victoria will shortly have a fully gender diverse LSV Board, with equal female and male representation. Of LSV’s 10 Board Directors1, 50 per cent will be female and 50 per cent will …
For this month’s volunteer profile, we catch up with Bonbeach LSC youth patroller Zaabi Jalali, who is now into his fourth season at the club and is also one of LSV’s casual multicultural team members.
Current Club:
Bonbeach Life Saving …
An LSV public safety campaign focused on helping public pool operators to better communicate with vulnerable swimmers about water safety, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, has been recognised for its innovation and evidence-based research.
The SwimSafe …
The myriad paths taken by former lifeguards and lifesavers of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are the focus of a new and inspiring series of Life Saving Victoria (LSV) videos.
Released last month by LSV’s Multicultural Services team, LSV’s …
In the past decade, Life Saving Victoria’s Multicultural Services department has trained around 130 lifesaving club volunteers, 260 pool lifeguards and 60 swim teachers, but it has been the aquatic centres and lifesaving clubs that have benefitted the most.
Bonbeach …
When it comes to teaching water safety to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in the classroom, at the beach and in the swimming pool, Life Saving Victoria’s Multicultural Services team continues to go from strength to strength.
The multicultural …
Life Saving Victoria welcomes the recent announcements made by the State Government in relation to the safe easing of restrictions for pools.
Effective 11.59pm, 18 October 2020 the following changes apply to public pools.
Metropolitan Melbourne
- Indoor pools open for
Water safety authorities including Life Saving Victoria (LSV) and Kidsafe Victoria are calling for active supervision of children at pools, beaches and inland waterways following five toddler drowning deaths in Victoria in two months.
Most recently, a two-year-old drowned after …
*Updated 6/10/2020
On Sunday 6 September the Victorian Government released their roadmap, which included references to swimming pool facilities. While LSV acknowledges that the health and safety of the community is the primary concern for Government, the roadmap is challenging …