
Applications are now open for Surf Life Saving Australia’s National Leadership College 2024, taking place from February, 4 – 10, 2024 in Sydney.
The National Leadership College (NLC), for members aged between 20 and 30 years, is an annual leadership and development program recognising young leaders in Surf Life Saving (SLS). Participants come from a variety of clubs, roles, and SLS backgrounds and is an essential step in the SLS Leadership Pathway.
The NLC provides an exciting opportunity for young people within the movement to further develop their leadership skills and continue to positively contribute to the success of SLS. As well as learning new skills and creating opportunities for personal growth, NLC will open new networks with other likeminded passionate members across the country, who are also committed to making a difference within the movement. The NLC is designed to challenge participants intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically. The skills gained are designed to be taken back to clubs and into other areas of the participantโs daily environment, with the aim of contributing to SLSโs mission statement of saving lives, creating great Australians, and building better communities.
Reflecting on her experience, 2023 National Leadership College alum Maddie Walker from Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club, one of three WA representatives, shared:
“๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ.”
Once again, SLSWA will be cover the $950 fee participation fee for the successful applicant/s.
For a information on the program details, eligibility, and more, please refer to the SLSA Circular 21.
All nominations require state endorsement and must be submitted to SLSWA Member Development Coordinator David Somers by Monday, 13 November 2023.
Read more about last year’s National Leadership College here.
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