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How your donation helps

Whether you give monthly, one-off, in memory, through workplace giving, or participate in our lotteries, your gift ensures surf lifesavers are ready to protect lives today and into the future.

Helping keep people safe along our coastline

Surf Life Saving Australia's (SLSA) National Coastal Safety Report 2025 has revealed a tragic rise in coastal drowning deaths across the country, with older Australians emerging as the group most at risk.

Your gift supports volunteer surf lifesavers across Australian beaches and communities — training, equipping, and preparing them to save lives when it matters most.

A monthly donation provides the financial sustainability needed to plan lifesaving activities with confidence, ensuring volunteers have the training, equipment and support required to keep the population safe along our coastline.

Read the National Coastal Safety Report for 2025

Prevention through education

The safest rescue is the one that never has to happen. Your donation helps deliver community education programs that teach the community how to stay safe in and around the water.

Every year, Surf Life Saving reaches thousands of children and families through programs designed to build confidence and understanding of the surf environment.

Ways to Support

From one-off donations to monthly support, leaving a legacy, or workplace giving — every gift ensures Surf Life Saving Giving can plan, respond, and protect lives along our coastline and in Australian communities.

Become a Guardian of the Surf

Join as a monthly donor. Your ongoing gift provides certainty to plan lifesaving patrols, train volunteers, and maintain equipment — ensuring surf lifesavers are ready when every second counts.

Become a Guardian of the Surf

Give today and make an immediate impact

A one-off donation helps equip volunteers and fund lifesaving programs today. Every gift, big or small, contributes to lives being saved on beaches and in communities.

Donate Now

Leave a legacy that saves lives

A gift in your Will ensures surf lifesavers are ready for future generations. Your legacy could be the difference between life and tragedy for someone on a beach or in an Australian community.

Learn About Bequests

Support lifesaving through workplace giving

Set up workplace giving through Surf Life Saving Giving and help save lives on beaches and in communities every day — through secure, pre-tax donations.

Start Workplace Giving

Support a cause that matters

Our appeals focus on what matters most: saving lives today and preparing for the future. Your support funds training, equipment, and lifesaving innovation for Australian communities.

Mission Zero: Every life counts

Mission Zero is our commitment to zero preventable drownings. Your gift funds the training, patrols, and lifesaving initiatives that make this possible.

Innovation for safer beaches and communities

Support research, technology, and new lifesaving programs that make Australian beaches and communities safer. Your gift helps us innovate today for tomorrow’s impact.

Our Current appeals

We only exist because of donations from people like you. Through our appeals you can help support the vital work of our Lifesavers.

Visit Red & Yellow Day Appeal Visit Innovation Fund

Support lifesaving through Surf Life Saving Lotteries

Buying a Surf Life Saving Lotteries ticket helps volunteer surf lifesavers protect lives on beaches and in communities — while giving you the chance to win incredible prizes.

Visit Surf Lottery

Surf Life Saving Giving — formerly Surf Life Saving Foundation (ABN 47 945 812 553) — operates within the core operations of Surf Life Saving Australia, leading national giving and fundraising that supports lifesaving services across the country. We are committed to transparency, accountability, and showing the impact of every gift.