OFFICIA L Trustee Annual Report 01.11.2022 - 31.10.23 OFFICIA L ## ABOUT US Vale Surf Life Saving Club is a registered charity (no 1178572) established in 2017. We are a family friendly club, affiliated with SLSA Wales and our aims are the promotion and provision of surf lifesaving skills and sport for all ages and abilities. Vale SLSC offers training in water safety, rescue, coaching, resuscitation and first aid and lifesaving activities for training, enjoyment and competitions. We also provide voluntary lifesaving and rescue services in the Vale of Glamorgan. Vale SLSC’s main beach/sea training location is at Jackson’s Bay, Barry Island and has a base at Barry Yacht Club. ## 2022 - 2023 Summary Vale SLSC resumed normal training and competition activities during this period, and we saw the club grow further in all membership age groups. Training sessions were well attended, and members of all ages represented Vale SLSC in fun carnivals as well as Welsh and GB championships. We saw the return of family social events, including the club’s annual camping weekend, and charity/fundraising events, including quizzes and bag packing at local supermarkets. ## ACHIEVEMENTS ## MEMBERSHIP Current membership for the period sat at 175 members, across the nipper, junior, senior and master age groups. ## AWARDS, COURSES & TRAINING During this period, we continued to ensure all our members (including coaches) are fully trained in the relevant lifesaving awards to certify safety and competency for both training and competitions. The qualifications include: - Nipper beach competency - Lifesaver level 1 & 2 - Ski Competency - National Vocation Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ) This is an important part of our club activity and supports our members to both train and compete safely, but also to patrol our community beaches. In 2023, we saw a significant increase of members successfully completing awards across the various OFFICIA L lifeguard levels, including the highest award - National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification. ## RESCUES AND FIRST AID The club carried out voluntary beach and water patrols at Jackson’s Bay, Barry Island during July and August. This is a great way to give something back to our local community and qualified members spend the weekends of the summer holidays providing lifeguard cover to the local beach that doesn’t have RNLI cover. ## SPORT & COMPETITION We saw our members across all age groups compete both at interclub level and at the Welsh National and GB championships. This was in the pool and on the beach and throughout the whole year. In September 2023, the sport also saw the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships take place in Windsor, Canada with athletes competing from all over the Commonwealth, including Australis, South Africa, Hong Kong, Canada and the home nations. Vale SLSC were fortunate to have six athletes representing Wales in the games, as well as Vale members taking up the prestigious Wales Team Manager and Wales coach roles. Wales came fourth in the championships and the Vale athletes brought home a collection of silver and bronze medals. ## CHARITY STRUCTURE Vale SLSC, also known as Vale Surf Life Saving Club is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and consists of 6 trustees who are appointed by agreement of the other trustees. The charity is governed by a constitution and the current Trustees on the committee - Gemma Ewington - Chairman Stephanie Williams - Membership Secretary Alison Woolcock - Safeguarding Officer Kelsea Peterson - Club Captain Other (non-trustee) members of our committee - Siôn Ewington - Treasure Riah Spickett - Fundraising Officer - Jodi Barber Nipper Representative Angelina Sanderson-Bellamy- Club secretary Candice Allam – Awards officer uiiiiiiiiiii llllllllllllll Illlllllllllll Ellllllllullll Illl lllllllllljl Iiiiiiiuii Blllllllllllll llllllllllllll Ellllllljllllll Elllllllljllll 11111111111 Iiuiiiiiiii 1111 111111 Illlllllllll - Illlllll Ill uiiiiiiiiiii llllllllllllll Illlllllllllll Ellllllllullll Illl lllllllllljl Iiiiiiiuii Blllllllllllll llllllllllllll Ellllllljllllll Elllllllljllll 11111111111 Iiuiiiiiiii 1111 111111 Illlllllllll - Illlllll Ill