Last-minute event cancellations during ‘circuit breaker’ COVID restrictions have shown the strong bonds of community spirit and support within and between Victorian lifesaving clubs.…
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LSV is calling on organisations such as Scouts, Girl Guides, holiday and after-school care programs, camps and childcare centres to include water safety in their programming as Victoria experiences its highest drowning figures on record.…
February’s Volunteer of the Month is Mount Martha Life Saving Club’s Kaya Cook. …
Layla Pretorius – a Nipper from Williamstown Swimming and Life Saving Club (SLSC) – has been recognised as an Everyday Lifesaver for her courageous rescue of a teenager at risk of drowning late last year. …
The Federal Government recently announced major reform across the charities and not-for-profit sector, with a proposal to cut red tape for charities conducting public fundraisings.…
Thirty years ago, the Royal Life Saving Society Australia Victoria Branch (RLSSA-V – now Life Saving Victoria) took a step in a new direction, entering a partnership with the City of Dandenong to manage the Dandenong Oasis Indoor Aquatic Leisure …
URBNSURF Melbourne’s trained lifeguards joined forces with Life Saving Victoria (LSV) before the Australia Day weekend to demonstrate rip current safety in a controlled, simulated rip, following record-breaking drowning numbers this season.
…“Tragically, a number of drowning deaths due to
In the last six months, 13 children aged 0-14 fatally drowned in Victoria: that’s nine more than the five-year annual Victorian average and the highest number of drowning deaths in this age group in over 20 years …
The lessons learnt in Nippers pave the way for a future of community service and emergency management volunteerism for the next generation of Victorian lifesavers.
LSV’s Nippers beach education program introduces children aged 5-14 years to lifesaving, delivered by Life …
. . . that Life Saving Victoria (LSV) is a recognised agency of Emergency Management Victoria (EMV). LSV also has a specific role and responsibilities in the Victorian State Emergency Management Plan (SEMP).
EMV was established in July 2014 and …