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.
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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 …
During March, students of Debney Meadows Primary School in Flemington took part in Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV) Meet a Lifeguard Program which educates participants on how to be safe at beaches and around waterways.
Debney Meadows has a high population …
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 …
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 …
So far, this financial year, Life Saving Victoria’s multicultural department has helped nearly 13,000 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) participants with water safety education programs, swimming lessons, pool and surf lifeguard qualifications, as well as first aid courses.
The department …
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, …