here - Surf Life Saving Australia

Highlights
Our strategic priorities
• Financial Security
• Effective National Movement
• Delivering the Peak Body Promise
• Exploiting our Knowledge Advantage
• Building SLSA Capacity & Capability
Our key successes in 2011-12
• Our frontline lifesavers and lifeguards performed
15,428 rescues, 34,978 first aid treatments and 928,578
preventative actions.
• We increased total membership numbers by 4.2% to
over 165,000.
• Our members completed a total of 1.34 million volunteer
hours on patrol.
• We adopted Surf Life Saving 2020 and the SLSA Strategic
Plan: 2012-2016, the road maps for the movement and
SLSA towards 2020.
• We completed the 3 year SLSA ICT Project which will be
rolled out during 2012-13.
• We were awarded the Research Project of the Year at
the 2012 NSW Water Safety Awards for a study into Rock
Fishing Safety in NSW.
• We were identified as the lead agency to undertake a
Community Education Strategy Project regarding Tsunami’s.
• We continued to play an important role in the consultative
process associated with the Australian Government’s notfor-profit
and charity reform agenda, both individually and
via our membership of the Community Council for Australia.
• We adopted and implemented a revised retail strategy,
focussed at serving our members and increasing revenue.
• We won the ‘In Field Service’ category of the 2012
Australian Mobile Awards for our CoastSafe iRisk
Assessor application.
• We have agreed with DHL and Telstra to extend our
partnerships for an additional three years, taking both
partnerships through to 2015.
• We confirmed our current level of base funding with the
Australian Government for a further three years.
• We delivered strong fiscal management, achieving an
operating surplus for the parent entity of $259,830 after
Special Funds movements.
• We commenced the Next Wave program that provides
opportunities for surf lifesavers to transition their surf life
saving skills towards an Olympic discipline.
Our priorities in 2012-13
• Support, through the states, our frontline lifesavers,
lifeguards and services to reduce coastal drowning.
• Grow membership and participation.
• Define financial sustainability plans for SLSA and
the movement.
• Refine and clarify the roles, responsibilities and functions
of SLSA and the states to enhance our Effective National
Movement goals.
• Support the states in updating their strategic plans to align
with SLS2020.
• Finalise and implement federal election advocacy plan.
• Roll out of the suite of systems and products developed as
part of the SLSA ICT Project.
• Finalise key SLSA capacity building plans including a
people strategy, workforce planning strategy and business
management strategy.
• Completion of research (and potential development) of
an appropriate standard PFD to provide an appropriate
flotation device that meets the needs of members.
• Implementation of drone technology to enable surf
lifesavers to achieve greater coastal safety surveillance and
response capabilities.
• Contribute to Australia’s National Disaster Resilience
Strategy by delivering the Tsunami Community Education
Strategy on behalf of the Australian Tsunami working group.
• Deliver Rescue 2012 in Adelaide.
• Deliver the 2nd International Rip Symposium in Sydney.
06 Surf Life Saving Australia Annual Report 2011-12