{"id":18508,"date":"2022-10-05T09:29:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T09:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=18508"},"modified":"2022-10-05T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T09:29:21","slug":"surfs-up-as-facility-funding-program-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/05\/surfs-up-as-facility-funding-program-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf&#8217;s up as facility funding program opens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surf Life Saving NSW (SLSNSW) clubs are set to benefit from more than $5 million to help the upgrade, restoration and construction of surf life saving facilities, thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s Surf Club Facility Program.<br>\u00a0<br>Minister for Sport Alister Henskens said rain, hail or shine, our volunteer surf lifesavers never waver in their commitment to protecting the community and ensuring safety at our beaches.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cWhether you\u2019re going to the beach to have a swim, surf or participate in nippers, our surf clubs are often the hub of their communities and our lifesavers are the unsung heroes, protecting swimmers in and out of the water,\u201d Mr Henskens said.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThis funding will ensure that from Tathra to Tweed Heads, surf clubs along the NSW coast are the best they can be while promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for their communities.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience Steph Cooke said SLSNSW clubs can each apply for up to $650,000 through the NSW Government program.<br>\u00a0<br><a>\u201cThis funding will make sure our wonderful volunteers have the facilities they need to continue the critical work they do in protecting beachgoers,\u201d Ms Cooke said.<\/a><br>\u00a0<br>SLSNSW President George Shales said ensuring volunteers have safe, accessible and secure facilities is a priority.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cWe have 129 clubs across the State, with volunteer surf lifesavers performing more than 3,000 rescues, 114,000 preventative actions and 7,000 first aid treatments last year, and this funding will allow surf club facilities to be upgraded for our 76,000 members,\u201d Mr Shales said.<br>\u00a0<br>Applications are open until 1 November, 2022. For more information and to apply, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsport.nsw.gov.au%2Fclubs%2Fgrants%2FSCFP&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7C3f09476c33074123cbee08daa6577f3a%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C638005191989667762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DHxOic%2Bafx7mP7cC6FqaJc1wyEGvMEOA5alVN7rXTeo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/sport.nsw.gov.au\/clubs\/grants\/SCFP<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Life Saving NSW (SLSNSW) clubs are set to benefit from more than $5 million to help the upgrade, restoration and construction of surf life saving facilities, thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s Surf Club Facility Program.\u00a0Minister for Sport Alister Henskens said rain, hail or shine, our volunteer surf lifesavers never waver in their commitment to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/05\/surfs-up-as-facility-funding-program-opens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Surf&#8217;s up as facility funding program opens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18509,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18508\/revisions\/18509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}