Stronger Families and Communities Strategy

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Stronger Families and Communities Strategy (SFCS) 2004-2009
Local Answers

Surf Lifesaving Central Coast
Beach Education Program, New South Wales

$138,200 for three years

Local Problem

There is the need for activities that assist young people on the Central Coast to get involved in community life through volunteering, mentoring young people and receiving training to build community leadership and initiative.

Local Answer

Surf Life Saving Central Coast will receive funding of $138,200 under the Australian Government's Stronger Families and Communities Strategy to provide programs on beach education to schools on the Central Coast
of NSW.

The continued funding of programs of beach education to schools by Surf Life Saving Central Coast will reach over 10,000 Central Coast school children each year.

Participants in the program are encouraged to volunteer to join surf life saving clubs and gain the benefits of personal development and skill programs provided by the clubs.