Wyndham Active Holidays - Beach Safety and Water Safety for People with Disability and/ or from culturally diverse backgrounds

Inviting people with disabilities and people from multicultural communities to join in a Water and beach safety session to increase their water safety skills and confidence.

What is beach education?

Beach education introduces people aged 5 years and over to lifesaving. It allows children, teens and adults to participate in safe, controlled and structured activities in a beach environment, catering for all levels of experience and skill, the program focuses on fun and education in a positive environment. This session will give participants a taste of what lifesaving is all about and help participants to understand how to be safe at the beach. Participants do not need to be able to swim. Watch this video to see the fun that you can be involved in.

Disability/ All Abilities and Cultural Diversity/ Multicultural session for ages 5 years to adult

The sessions will be specifically designed for participants with disability and people from multicultural backgrounds. They will be led by qualified instructors trained in diversity and inclusion. If the person has a disability please provide basic information of the disability in the Registration form to help Life Saving Victoria plan for the session.

What happens at the session?

Participants will be split into groups by age/ ability so that they can do activities which are suited to their level. The groups will rotate around activities which will include beach games, wading in the water and more. Learn beach and water safety skills in a fun and safe way to be more confident and aware at the beach.

What to bring:

• Please be sun safe: wear a hat, sunscreen, sunglasses and UV protective clothing. Bring water and bathers and a towel so that you can get wet.
• Please dress appropriately for the weather, this may also mean bringing waterproof clothing and change of clothes.

Non participating adults will need to stay at the beach - bring a book, some music, something to help you relax.

These sessions are not for children under the age of 5 years, tickets for under 5s will be cancelled.

These sessions are offered free to people with disability and/ or from multicultural backgrounds by Life Saving Victoria due to a grant. This information is collected and shared with LSV in order to satisfy grant conditions.

Sign up today, and tell your friends. Places are limited, therefore if you change your mind about attending please cancel your ticket through Humanitix so that others can have the chance to join in.

Wyndham Active Holidays is being run in partnership between Wyndham City Council and local community organisations. This session is a partnership with Life Saving Victoria.

The Active Wyndham Calendar aims to help more Wyndham residents to find physical activities that they enjoy. This session is part of the Active Holidays program, see the timetable here: wyndham.vic.gov.au/activeholidays

For more info about :

• Website: lsv.com.au

Safety Information:

• Please get your name ticked off on the register on arrival
• If you feel unwell please consider whether you should attend the session.
• Please follow any processes in place as directed by the coaches.

Data collection and enquiries:

Registration information will be kept on a secure database and will be used in a statistical format for monitoring and evaluation purposes only. You may be contacted for feedback to help with course improvement/project evaluation. Medical information, name, age, gender and emergency contact details will be passed onto the coaches where required. For further information on how your personal and health information will be handled by Council, refer to Council’s Privacy Policy wyndham.vic.gov.au/privacy-policy

For enquiries please email: activewyndham@wyndham.vic.gov.au

If the participant has specific access requirements to participate please email activewyndham@wyndham.vic.gov.au so that we can check if we are able to cater for their needs.