Operating the club

Help Required

As with most clubs, the club is always in need of people to help. If you would like to help, please see the coaches or Committee Members. You can contact them using the information provided in this booklet or simply chat to them on the beach. They would be more than happy to talk to you about how you can help. 

Financing the club

TMSLSC generates income through a mix of membership fees, income from two Trusts set up for the benefit of the Club as well as grants and donations. Membership fees alone fall well short of the cost of running the club and the club relies heavily on the income from the trusts as well as grants and sponsorship. As with many clubs keeping the club in a good financial state is a difficult task and the club is indebted to the work of the trustees of both trusts who have had the foresight and wisdom to put in place mechanisms which will endeavour to keep the club financially viable in the future. 

 

Membership fees

Membership fees are as follows;  

  • Junior surf $50.00 (1 child only under 14) extra child $25  
  • Family (U14) $120  
  • U16/U19 $70 (1 child only U16/U19) extra child $35
  •  Senior $110
  •  Social $40
  •  Patrol $40

A further option exists where members can make a donation to the trust in lieu of paying the membership subscription. It works as follows;

"Either individually or as a family, if you make a donation of $200 you will not be required to pay subscriptions to the Club that year. As our Trust has IRD approval, you will be eligible for a tax rebate of one third or $67, meaning a net outlay to you of $133. With active Senior subs $110 and family subs $120, this means for an extra $23 or $13, respectively, the Trust/Club actually benefits by $400, that is your $200 plus matching funds of $200. Even if you are not a family or an active Senior, we would welcome your consideration of a $200 donation in lieu of your subs as well."

Trusts

The club is extremely fortunate to the foresight of a number of long serving members who have set up 2 trusts to help secure the future financial viability of the club. They are the;

 "Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving Trust" (TMSLST)  

The TMSLST is a charitable trust that was originally set-up so that members, friends and associates could lend money (interest fee) to the Trust for a 5 year period. The Trust would then invest the money in bank deposits and the interest generated would be paid to the club as the primary beneficiary. The fund has now been slightly re-arranged to allow donations for investment for the benefit of the club. The donations must be retained as capital funds and only the income received is to be used by the club. The activities to which the funds are to be used include; rescue equipment, club house maintenance, junior surf development and training for lifeguard qualification.

"The Taylors Mistake Rescue Trust" (TMRT)

The TMRT is a matching funds Trust which has been set up in response to a very specific situation. A member, who has requested to remain anonymous, has pledged up to $500,000 in matching funds for any permanent donations we can secure for the TMSLST. This is an incredibly generous offer and the benefactor has already endowed and invested $352,000 in anticipation of matching funds from the TMSLST catching up. The TMSLST fund now stands at $249,000. 

Over the past 5 years, between them, both these Trusts have contributed $146,745 of income to Club to use for its Life Saving activities.

Benefactors such as this are few and far between these days and it behooves the club to make every effort to maximise this opportunity and we need to consider how we raise the profile of this with members and the community.

GrantsThe club also makes application to numerous organisations eg Lotteries Board etc for grants. 

Membership Protection Policy

Surf Lifesaving Canterbury and affiliated clubs, are committed to the health and safety and well-being of all its members and is dedicated to providing a safe environment for all those participating in surf lifesaving activities. The SLSC Board of Directors continues its support of the development of specific procedures and processes for addressing membership protection, in accordance with Surf Lifesaving New Zealand policies and the laws of New Zealand.

As such, SLSC requires every club member, parent helper and coach to fill out a SLSNZ membership form.

In doing so you will be able to enjoy the benefits offered by the membership, i.e. receiving qualifications, competing in regional and national events and liability insurance cover.