{{short description, Volunteer lifeguard club based in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England
North Sea Volunteer Lifeguards (commonly abbreviated to NSVL) is a volunteer lifeguard club based in Tynemouth,
North Tyneside
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend.
North Tyneside is bordered ...
,
Tyne and Wear
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,
England
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. It was founded in 1998, and has since become one of the largest lifeguard clubs in the UK with over 250 members from age 6 to 66. It is affiliated to the
Royal Life Saving Society UK
The Royal Life Saving Society UK is a drowning prevention charity founded in 1891 in the UK. It has had Royal Patronage since 1904.
History
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, but is also a
charity
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Giving
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in its own right, registered with the Charity Commission.
It offers the full range of
Royal Life Saving Society UK
The Royal Life Saving Society UK is a drowning prevention charity founded in 1891 in the UK. It has had Royal Patronage since 1904.
History
The Royal Life Saving Society UK is a national charity, founded in 1891 by William Henry, with the aim of ...
programmes and awards, and also some programmes affiliated to other organisations, such as the Heartstart programme which is co-ordinated by the
British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a cardiovascular research charity in the United Kingdom. It funds medical research related to heart and circulatory diseases and their risk factors, and runs influencing work aimed at shaping public policy ...
. Its main focus is the beach lifeguard qualification, indeed in 2002 it was responsible for over 10% of all the beach lifeguard awards taken in the United Kingdom.
The club has regular training sessions throughout the year, training in the North Sea from its headquarters on Tynemouth Longsands and also at Tynemouth Pool.
NSVL is run by a committee of 10 club members, who are elected at the Annual General Meeting. However other club members play an important role in running the club, for example by teaching for courses and awards.