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WHO WE ARE (contINUED)
Community
• Our members: We have a duty of care to protect our
members as they carry out their duties on and off the
beach. We are constantly developing and improving our
lines of communication with our members through an
integrated suite of online platforms.
• Potential members: We depend on new recruits to maintain
and increase lifesaving services. We don’t have a regular
national recruitment campaign targeting new members and
rely on media, informal networks and the efforts of state
centres and clubs to attract new members.
• Potential donors: The Surf Life Saving Foundation
conducts community fundraising campaigns each year.
See pages 47-49 for specific information.
• Beach-going community: We communicate with the
community via a variety of different programs and
channels, including public and online advertising campaigns
and the distribution of educational resources.
Funding
SLSA, as the national governing body, is a charity and relies
primarily on our corporate partners and the Australian
Government to fund the majority of our activities. This income
is supplemented with royalties derived from trademark
licensing (that is, organisations pay us for the use of our
intellectual property, principally the red and yellow cap, flags
and patrol uniforms). A small amount is also received from
fees for competitions, conferences and the like.
Statutory obligations and oversight
SLSA is a company limited by guarantee under the
Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth). The Surf Life Saving
Foundation (SLSF) is also a company limited by guarantee
and operates under the charitable fundraising legislation in
each of the states and territories it is registered. SLSA is also
a registered charitable institution under the NSW Charitable
Fundraising Act 1991 (NSW).
Of our 165,820 members, 46,902
actively patrol our beaches and 63,157
are ‘Nippers’.
About this report
This is the Annual Report of SLSA Ltd. The Surf Life Saving
movement is made up of 500 separate entities, ranging
from state centres, clubs, branches and support operations.
The financial accounts of these entities, whose relationship
with SLSA Ltd is further described on pages 81-89, are not
consolidated here. However, the activities and achievements
of all Australia’s surf lifesavers are consolidated and reported.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is given of the Annual General Meeting of SLSA Ltd.
The meeting will be held on Friday, 26 October 2012 at 4pm
at SLSA’s Rosebery Office in Sydney. All SLSA members are
welcome to attend.
SLSA is not an active fundraiser, although from time to
time we benefit from unsolicited bequests and donations.
Certain subsidiary companies of ours do conduct community
fundraising appeals and the details of all of these activities,
including costs, are listed in our financial statements.
The Surf Life Saving Foundation (which reports separately)
actively conducts fundraising around Australia on behalf of
SLSA and our state centres (see page 48 for details), while
surf life saving clubs also conduct their own fundraising
activities. To support their lifesaving activities our state
centres (which also report separately) are engaged in
commercial activities such as education, training and the
provision of contract lifeguard services to local government
and other land managers.
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