ABOUT US
Our Story
South Shields Volunteer Lifeguard Club was founded in 1961 by 5 local people with the aim to turn all bystanders into lifesavers, to this day we still follow this.
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The club was originally formed as a beach lifeguard unit and the members competed in the National Lifesaving championships and achieved the title of Ladies National Champions in 1968 at the first ever Championships. In 1977 members of the club set up a Junior Lifeguard section to encourage youngsters to get involved and learn what to do in an emergency. This section of the club became our Rookie section. The formation of our Rookie section enabled the club to teach people from 5 years and over.
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We offer training and qualifications in Rookie, Lifesaving, Lifeguarding and community outreach awards. Alongside this we work closely with RLSS UK's Northumberland and Durham branch to deliver water safety advice to our local community.
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The club is now based at Boldon CA and Mowbray Lifeguard Station on Sandhaven Beach, South Shields.​
With the development of RLSS UK's award program our club also began to offer the different ranges of awards and qualifications. We can now train people in all areas of the RLSS award structures from grass roots level to Trainer Assessor.
All of our leaders are volunteers and give their time each week to help us achieve our aim. Without our fabulous team we wouldn't be in the position we are today and we are very grateful to every person who gets involved.
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We are proud to have a fantastic team of members and parents involved in our club. We strongly believe in our club ethos that we are a family and if you would like to join in please contact us or come along to one of our sessions.