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Examples of Grounds for Submission ( feel free to copy and paste, or use your own words)

We would encourage you to include all matters that you feel are specifically relevant to show your support of the transfer of the vacant land by the Borough to our Club.

Here are some ideas that you might like to include in your letter. You can pick some to focus your support upon or state your own ideas, as each submission will be considered on its merits.

Continuance of Established Land Use

The Club already owns the land at 54 Ocean Road adjacent to the vacant land and has enjoyed continued and uninterrupted use of this vacant land since the establishment of the clubhouse facility in 1964. The Borough formalised a 25-year lease of the vacant land in 2000 with the Club, in order to preserve this well-established use.

The Borough’s vacant land should continue to be used by the Club as a community facility. Lack of viable alternative space in the immediate vicinity of the patrolled back beach rescue base. I believe the vacant land is suitable and consistent with the operations of a SLSC. The Club requires sufficient space to actively operate as a viable Surf Life Saving Club facility. The members require a clubhouse in the immediate vicinity of the rescue back beach base for

operational purposes.

Replacement of Existing Facilities

The current clubhouse is very old and does not meet the basic requirements of a modern and active Surf Life Saving Club.

The current clubhouse has a number of serious deficiencies and is a dangerous health and safety concern.

The Club needs the additional land in order to replace the existing clubhouse, which can no longer support the community needs.

The proposed new clubhouse will be compatible and sensitive to the local built environment and coastal fabric.

Community Involvement

Since 1947 the Club has been an integral and vital contributor to the Borough of Queenscliffe’s coastal and community fabric.

The PLSLSC is one of the oldest Life Saving Clubs in Victoria and one of the first to be established outside the metropolitan area.

With a member base of 1,214 volunteers, the Club harnesses the support of the entire local and summer community using a network of educational, mentoring and patrol services to ensure the safety of all beach goers in the Borough. The Club is the largest volunteer member group in the Borough.

The Club offers a high degree of public safety to the community through the patrolling of both the back beach and Queenscliff Santa Casa beach. As well as roving patrols on the front beach, and providing a 24 hour Emergency Response Team to ensure the safety of all coastline users.

The Club provides a community organisation in the Borough that actively engages young to old supporter, providing a centralised facility for community involvement and well being.

The generosity, patience, commitment and hard work of our local Club volunteers is very much appreciated by the community and Borough and forms part of the incredible spirit of this small local but extremely viable community. The Club wants to be able to grow with the Borough, and continue this important union.

Support and Development for Youth, Women and Seniors

The Club has important and successful activities of benefit to the wider Borough community, which run in parallel to the core business of lifesaving operations including:

1. Training and Assessment (Training of new and existing Lifesavers);2. Junior Life Saving Education (Nippers);3. Aquatic Sports (Lifesaving Competition); and 4. Social and community activities.

The Club actively promotes the development of leadership strength within its members to support the local community and local business environment. This is initiated by fostering the professional behaviours, leadership, mentoring in particular, female leadership and development. The Borough has acknowledged key individuals within our Club for its Australia Day ‘Citizen of the Year Awards’; being Huw Joyce, Alan Joyce, Wayne Pecar, Blake Pilgrim, Peter Maishman and David Hume.

The Club is proud of its large and active Youth Involvement Program (14 -18 years), which is aimed at the development and engagement of young community members, though the Nipper Instructor and Leadership Program and Bronze Medallion, and Cadet Camps.

The Club runs a Junior Development Program (7 – 13 years) with a membership of 370 Nippers, making this one of the largest in Victoria. This Nippers program encourages young active lifestyles, health and wellbeing. The Nippers program also enhances beach safety through the education of beach activities such as swimming, board paddling and the development of life saving skills.

The Club supports a senior and junior competition program actively encouraging members to keep fit and healthy by participation in outdoor sporting activities.