Cape Town Unicity

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Cape Town Unicity Western Province Lifesaving
Partnership

• Mark Dotchin
• Chairman

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Agenda

• Brief History
• What we used to look like
• The partnership structure
• Grassroots
• Development and transformation
• The way forward

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Brief History

• LSA in place for 74 years
• 90 lifesaving clubs, stilllwater and surf
• 10,000 lifeguards
• 90,000 recorded rescues
• SA in top 3 competitive teams in the world

• Lifesaving in WP since 1930s
• 16 surf lifesaving clubs
• 800 lifeguards
• 8,000 recorded rescues
• WP the inter-provincial champions for nippers
  and seniors

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Early 1990s and before
general public utilising our beaches

• Volunteers only
• Nov to March weekends
• Public holidays
• Duty only from clubhouse

Lifesaving South Africa
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general public utilising our beaches

Municipalities
Professional Company
Lifesaving South Africa
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general public utilising our beaches
Municipalities
Professional Company

Professional Company
Lifesaving South Africa
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general public utilising our beaches
Municipalities
Professional Company

Professional Company
Professional Company
Lifesaving South Africa
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Previous Professional Arrangements

• Training and qualifications of lifeguards
• Lifeguards did not need link to clubs, voluntary
  service suffered
• Two bodies (club and professional company)
  patrolling same area
• Professional management structures expensive

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general public utilising our beaches
Cape Town Unicity
Lifesaving South Africa
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Existing Agreement Salient Features

• In place for 4 years
• The service does not go to tender
• Has driven increased and better working
  relationships between parties at all levels
• Duration and patrol area increased
• Investment into development
• Increased security for voluntary lifesaving
  movement
• Ability to raise funds from private sector

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Grassroots

• Lifesaving club provides
• Home
• Training development
• Mentors and role models
• Capacity to earn income
• Volunteerism
• Sometimes an escape from home

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Transformation Development

• The past still evident today
• Investment between Muizenberg and Strand
• Attraction of other activities
• Need to generate basic income
• Investment to little and to slow
• Money is not the issue, deployment and management
  are

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The Way Forward

• Keep building principles are right
• Volunteers at the core, some professional
  management should be considered in the medium
  term
• Continue to define roles and parameters
• Develop skills to build career lifeguards
• Education of the public

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