Brighton Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) is a volunteer run charity formed to save lives and improve the safety of beaches within Brighton & Hove through prevention, rescue, training and teaching of surf lifesaving skills.
BSLSC provides training for children, young people and adults in lifesaving, providing a vital service to Brighton and Hove’s beachfront community but it needs premises to continue. The council are currently drawing up plans for the sustainable development of the area between the King Alfred & Hove Lagoon. BSLSC intend to be a part of this plan and wish to share our proposed use for one area of the current Pitch & Putt on Kingsway. We feel our proposal is a sympathetic use of the area which will greatly benefit the community and one which the club (and seafront) desperately need.
The club would like to consult with as many residents of the city and surrounding area as possible in order to influence the council’s decision over the planned development.
Lifeguard training does not start and end on the beach; members become skilled lifesavers who will proficiently perform CPR and advanced lifesaving techniques at their local cinema, the local supermarket or on a street where you live. The club is the primary source of water safety management for all the major charity swims and water sports events held in the city. These include all the water-based events at the Paddle Round the Pier Beach Festival and the Brighton & Hove Triathlon where the event’s water safety plans and lifeguards were supplied by the club.
Accessibility has always been central to the club’s core values and as you will read in the proposal, is a large part of the scheme to provide safe, supported and controlled access to the sea for special educational needs and disability groups. New premises are vital as BSLSC does not have the necessary space or capacity to meet the city’s needs.
We invite you to visit our architect’s portal and view the draft plans and make comment.
