Hi everyone

This website will provide you with all the information, key facts and dates you need to know about the exciting IT (information technology) enhancements now taking place across Surf Life Saving.

Thanks to funding received from the Federal Department of Health and Ageing, we’re investing in new technology to help improve the way we work, freeing up our time to do what we do best - save lives.

This project will benefit everyone - our members, our employees, our clubs, our organisation and importantly, all Australian beachgoers.

In 2008 and 2009, a review of our IT systems was conducted via a series of workshops and research and we discovered a need to improve our current IT situation to achieve the following benefits for SLS:

• Save our Volunteer Officers time by making business processes more automated
• Save our members time by using ‘Self Service’ systems and tools
• Improve service levels through the use of technology
• Save the organisation money by introducing more efficient and cost effective processes
• Allow for the commercial expansion of our organisation by utilising systems to aid and enable this activity

Both SLSA and the State Centres are particularly excited about this as we know many of you joined Surf Life Saving to save lives and perform a community service, and this new IT system will free up time currently spent on time consuming administrative tasks, by making existing data entry and member communication processes more automated and user-friendly.

I know change can be a challenge – even when it’s changing a process we find difficult in the first place. Adopting new ways of doing things is not a nice-to-have for SLS, it’s a must have in order to move forward. So I ask you to be patient while we learn how to make our fantastic new system work for us all.

The State Presidents and I will be keeping you updated as we progress through this journey and I encourage you to provide your feedback along the way. If you have any questions, please read the Frequently Asked Questions posted on this website, or simply email the team at it@sls.com.au

CLICK HERE to view the ‘IT Change Project Key Facts and Information’ Pamphlet
CLICK HERE to view the ‘IT Change Project Key Facts and Information’ Noticeboard poster