Royal Life Saving  aims  to reduce the incidents of drowning by ensuring all Tasmanians are provided with water safety education.  Royal life Saving programs are designed to develop water safety skills, build awareness of danger in aquatic environments and to arm the community with lifesaving skills which can be used in both drowning prevention and rescue situations.  Royal Life Saving is Australia's largest provider of water safety education.

The centre will ensure RLSST has the capacity to deliver comprehensive water safety programs on a daily basis to members of the community that would not have access to an aquatic environment.

Julia Fassina, General Manager for RLSST states "Not everyone in the community has the capacity to participate in these types of programs.  Royal Life Saving  believe that everyone should have the opportunity to participate and learn these important lifesaving skills."

"Royal Life Saving wants to use our skills and expertise to target groups that are disadvantaged and/or have special needs. By engaging in a partnership with the Government and the Brighton Council, we can work together to ensure that this aim is achieve by subsidising the costs of lifesaving, water safety and swimming programs not only for the Brighton community but for all Tasmanians."

The Training and Educational Centre would ensure that Tasmania is a world leader in the provision of water safety, life saving and swimming skills.

The Training and Educational Centre would provide a safe and supportive environment so that RLSST can deliver tailored programs to meet community and individual needs such as water familiarisation programs for infants and toddlers, swim and survive programs for children and adults. In addition lifesaving programs will be provided for youth through to older Tasmanians and vocational accreditations programs will be provided for lifeguards, swim teachers and others who need lifesaving skills as part of the job. 

Ms Fassina states "We want an individual's experience to be a positive one so that they will continue to attend the centre and build on their skills.  We know that a barrier to participation in water safety and aquatic programs is because they have low self esteem and confidence issues.    The provision of a centre such as this would be offering smaller classes.  The programs would be sequential and aged appropriate and would assist to break down barriers and facilitate participation."
 
"It's important that the community have exposure to the different water environments as each environment requires a different set of skills.  So far the statistics for this year indicate that we are looking to have one of the worst years for drowning.   It's so important that people are vigilant about safety when they are in, on or around water as the drowning incidents this year have happened at many different locations."

Royal Life Saving will   also  foster strong working relationships with other organisations within the community to enhance/complement existing programs such as the DoE's Launching into Learning program, The Smith Family, Good Beginnings, PCYC and Youth Justice programs.