Over the last decade almost 20% of people who drowned in Victoria were born overseas, leading LSV to train and recruit lifesavers from migrant communities to reach this audience with safety messages. As part of this push, Bonbeach LSC has …
Category: Multicultural Services
Over 50 local, South Sudanese young people made a splash at Frankston Beach last month as they and their families participated in an active beach education day run by Life Saving Victoria (LSV).
The program, developed and delivered by LSV’s …
LSV is proud to announce the third year of its successful African Community Pathways Initiative, funded by the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation (LMCF). The news comes as the program celebrates completion of its two-year target to engage 1,340 direct participants, …
The Victorian Government is featuring one of Bonbeach Life Saving Club’s award-winning Multicultural Surf Rescue Certificate course participants in its ‘Victorian. And Proud of it’ campaign.
Elyas, an 18 year old originally from Afghanistan, is the subject of a virtual …
Pool lifeguard Mohammed Karimi is just one of the stars of a video that was launched recently by the by The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, as part of their ‘Changing Melbourne for Good’ campaign.
In addition to introducing Mr Karimi, …
LSV has been honoured with the prestigious Sports Leadership Award at the 2017 Migration and Settlement Awards, held at Parliament House in Canberra on 22 March.
Presented by Migration Council Australia, the Sports Leadership Award recognises a sports code, organisation …
Nearly 400 multicultural school students from Melbourne’s South Eastern Suburbs took part in practical water safety education sessions at Bonbeach and Edithvale Life Saving Clubs in late February.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) students from the Middle East, Asia, and …
Seventeen newly arrived youth from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Cambodia completed their first official patrol at Bonbeach LSC on Saturday 21 January.
Since 2007, LSV has been bridging the ‘water safety information and diversity gap’ for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) …
An initiative between LSV and the YMCA has opened doors to employment for young people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Melbourne’s inner northern areas of Yarra, Moreland and Darebin.
The project engages youth from CALD communities in …