Vision
To bridge public health with sports for aquatic injury prevention.
Mission
The Greek Lifesaving Sports
Association (GLSA) is a non-profit organization that operates as the “home” of
lifesaving sport in Greece. It is certified by the General Secretariat of
Sports of the Ministry of Sports for sport recreation and by the Athens Court
of First Instance for water safety. It leads, supports and collaborates with
national and international organizations engaged in water safety and lifesaving
sport.
Values
In the spirit of lifesaving, GLSA
believes in:
- the
preservation of each single human life
- evidence
based actions
- effective
administration
- justice
for all
- ethical
behaviour
- equity
through diversity of any type
- learning through recreation
- camaraderie and alliances
- honoring the past and planning the future
- sports for all
Code of
Conduct
- We communicate
with honesty and confidentiality.
- We
value the virtues and expertise each individual or organization has.
- We try
to identify, address and cope with problems at the earliest convenient.
- We promote
and commend the achievements of everyone whose work is to save lives.
- We value
and respect the opinions of others.
- We
strive to serve the national and international interests with modesty.
- We do
not care for the positions but for the work.
- We are not making promises or statements that we cannot fulfill.
- We encourage diverse participation without discrimination.
- We find new ways of creation when the ordinary paths are closed.
Strategic
Goals
1. Facilitate the circumstances to reduce aquatic
injuries nationally.
2. Strive to maintain GLSA as the national and most respectful
authority of lifesaving sport in Greece.
3. Benefit specific target groups such as children,
university students, lifeguards, public, armed forces, first aiders
4. Enhance drowning prevention through alliances and
collaborations.
5. Expand lifesaving sport and water safety activities in
Greece and internationally.
6. Create a sustainable business model.
7. Act locally and impact globally.
8. Collaborate with every national and international organization that corresponds with our vision, mission, values, aims and objectives.
- organized 3 Pan-Hellenic Lifesaving Championships (2015-2017)
- organized 4 Greek Lifesaving Cups (2020-2023)
- organized 1 Greek Military Lifesaving Tournament (2017)
- organized University Lifesaving Competitions in Greek Higher Education (2019)
- support teams that participate in the British University Lifesaving Clubs' Association Championships
- organize inter club competitions across Greece
- publish and distribute freely the monthly e-magazine "Sport Lifesaver" of applied lifeguarding and lifesaving sport in 120+ countries (more)
- facilitated the inclusion of the sport in Higher Education
- teach annually dozens Sport Science and Physical Education students in the University of Athens on lifesaving sport as academic carrier and spread it with practical demonstrations in various clubs nationally
- facilitated the inclusion of lifesaving sport in the Hellenic Water Safety Program of the Hellenic Ministry of Health (more)
- teach annually thousands of children water safety and lifesaving sport in schools, summer camps, sports clubs, lifeguard agencies and youth organizations
- teach annually dozens of lifesaving sport judges
- honor prestigious personalities (more)
- maintain the largest historical archive of Greek lifesaving sport (photos, videos, documents)
- maintain the largest lifesaving library in Greece, available for scholarly work to its members
- publish lifesaving sport and water safety books and research (more)
- create conferences and courses for public, coaches, judges
- promote lifesaving sport and water safety in media (TV, radio, newspapers, internet, social media)
- collaborate with prestigious organizations to enhance water safety (more)
- have numerous prestigious personalities as Honorary Members (more)
- have numerous prestigious personalities as Supporters (more)
- its membership span in 32 countries (more)
