Welcome to the first edition of the Life Saving Victoria (LSV) ‘Education from Anywhere’ newsletter for the 2019 school year.
I trust you have enjoyed the summer holiday break. However, unfortunately it has been a tragic summer period to date …
Category: Education
- Would you like to deliver recognised Community Awards such as Resuscitation and RLSSA Bronze Medallion on behalf of Life Saving Victoria?
- Have you been looking for a flexible way to deliver the RLSSA Bronze Medallion within your timetables across the
SEDA and Life Saving Victoria (LSV) work closely together to provide young people the opportunity to work with aquatic industry experts.
LSV and the SEDA Aquatics program have established a positive partnership, providing young people with not only an opportunity …
The Swimming and Water Safety Team have been developing resources to support schools and aquatic facilities to increase the swimming abilities and water safety knowledge of Victoria’s primary school students.
Watch this space for our new toolkit that will be …
Victoria’s vulnerable swimmers are being helped by a range of new initiatives this season, as news of the 2018/19 Victorian summer drowning toll reaches 20, marking the worst start to summer for almost 15 years.
A ‘Vulnerable Swimmers Research’ project …
LSV’s award-winning Open Water Learning Experience (OWLE) is being rolled out as a Grey Medallion course for older adults (55+) at Hampton Life Saving Club from mid-late February, following a highly-successful pilot program.
In the recently-released Victorian Drowning Report, people …
The aquatic industry came together at LSV recently for a one-day Think Tank event to collaborate and share ideas around delivering the Swimming in Schools initiative.
Promoted via industry contacts and networks, LSV put the call out for “innovative thinkers …
A record number of participants recently took part in the annual Advanced Lifesaving Camp, LSV’s most popular career and professional development opportunity.
To mentor the group, LSV enlisted ten highly accomplished lifesavers for the camp, an experiential learning program producing …
Life Saving Clubs from around the state joined Water Police, SES, CFA and the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service to practise search and rescue scenarios together.
Woodside Beach Surf Life Saving Club hosted the training weekend in September to create …
Life Saving Victoria’s Multicultural Department has proudly accepted a VicHealth Growing Participation in Sport grant.
The ‘Key to Aquatics Project’ will provide innovative swimming and water safety education programs to Victoria’s Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities over the next …