Treasurers Report

WORKPLACE GIVING PROGRAM

Thanks to the generosity of Victoria Police employees, we are quickly growing our capacity to financially support Special Olympics. Our workplace giving program is growing strongly, due in large part to our regular presentations to recruit squads at the Police Academy. The response from recruits in signing up to support LETR has been phenomenal.

This has given us significant capacity to support a wider range of innovative initiatives, consistent with promoting the Special Olympics aims. Over the next three years, our goal is to continue to engage with staff raising awareness about LETR and Special Olympics

Andrew Beattie
LETR Victoria Treasurer

CHEQUE PRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY

On 4th December 2019, as part of the celebrations of the International Day of People with a Disability, LETR Vic President Inspector Matt Volk presented Special Olympics Australia CEO Corene Strauss with a cheque for $122,000. This represents the funds raised by LETR Victoria in direct support of Special Olympics in the last twelve months.

These funds have helped us to provide equipment grants to Victorian Special Olympics clubs, direct financial support to Victorian athletes who travelled to the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi and National Winter Games in NSW, and in providing scholarships to support athletes undertaking certificate courses through Victoria Polytechnic.

In addition, it has allowed us to conduct our biggest ever engagement and awareness program to date. The 2019 Gippsland Regional Engagement and Awareness Tour (GREAT) was a week-long event across Gippsland involving Victoria Police employees, and hundreds of Special School students across the region, in torch runs and “Come and Try” sports events. For the first time, we also supported Special Olympics athletes to participate in the regional tour, with six athletes and their carers in two campervans joining in.

2020 AND THE FUTURE

Thanks to the support of all contributors and our major sponsor BankVic, LETR Vic is in a strong financial position moving forward. This year the LETR Committee endorsed a three-year budget plan that will see 100% of funds raised through workplace giving going directly to athlete support, equipment and awareness-raising activities. All administrative costs of running LETR will be met by other fundraising activities (eg. Merchandise sales and BBQs at VPC and Bunnings).

New programs are also being rolled out this year, with LETR Vic supporting Special Olympics to run local and regional sports events for special schools to enhance general health and wellbeing and as a development path into participation in Special Olympics club sports.

Andrew Beattie

LETR Victoria Treasurer

WAIVER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Background

The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) conducts a wide range of events throughout the year in support of Special Olympics Australia. These events serve both to raise funds and to promote awareness of Special Olympics activities at local, state, and national levels. Examples of such events include, but are not limited to:

  •  Bunnings BBQ fundraisers,
  • Polar Plunge events,
  • Torch Run and associated supporting activities,
  • Sports carnivals,
  • Club, regional, state, and national sports and games events,
  • Winter sports programs,
  • Athlete Leadership Programs,
  • Family fun days,
  • Special Olympics program events.

These events are organised by Law Enforcement Torch Run (Victoria) Incorporated in collaboration with Special Olympics Victoria and Special
Olympics Australia.

Participation in these events may involve physical exertion and/or risks inherent in recreational, leisure, or sporting activities. It is important to note that:

Participant Responsibilities:

Event organisers do not possess knowledge of individual participants’ physical abilities or disabilities. Accordingly, they are not reasonably able to assess, nor do they accept responsibility for assessing, the safety of an individual’s participation. Each participant is responsible for determining their own fitness and capacity to engage safely in the event.

On-Duty Status for Victoria Police Employees:

Victoria Police employees may attend LETR events in an “on duty” capacity, but this status must be granted and confirmed in advance. In most cases, securing “on duty” status is the responsibility of the individual participant and must be sought through the appropriate command structure. Event organisers may facilitate this process where explicitly stated. 

By participating in LETR events, participants acknowledge these terms and
accept all associated risks inherent in the activities.

Terms & Conditions

By agreeing to enter the Event, the participant:

  1. Agrees that they have been sufficiently advised of the potential risks, dangers and hazards associated with attending the Event.
  2. Agrees that at all such times while attending the Event the participant’s property and person is at their own risk.
  3. Wholly assumes and accepts all liability for the materialisation of any risks, dangers and hazards associated with their actions in attending the Event.
  4. Agrees to participate and voluntarily assume the risk of injury or bodily harm to themselves on attending the Event and participating in any activity at the Event.
  5. Agrees to abide by any lawful instructions given by the employees, agents and volunteers of the Event Organisers, and further agrees to indemnify the Event Organisers and its employees, agents and volunteers, against all liability that may incur, including legal costs, caused or contributed by the participant’s negligence or failure to comply with such instructions.
  6. Agrees to ask for any additional information or explanation about the Event or a particular activity at the Event should they not fully understand the Event, an activity at the Event, or any instructions about participating in an activity at the Event, prior to attending the Event or participating in any activity at the Event.
  7. Acknowledges that the purpose of this document is, to the maximum extent permitted at law, to exclude any liability for personal injury which may be incurred by the Event Organisers or its employees, agents or volunteers, arising out of or in connection with your attendance at the Event or participation in any activities at the Event.
  8. Acknowledges that on occasion, promotional videos or photographs may be used by the Event Organisers which may include your image while attending the Event and consents to this use unless you specifically request the Event Organisers in writing that your image not be used for this purpose.
  9. Accepts with full knowledge that there is a risk of injury and accident associated with attending the Event or participating in activities at the Event, and accepts that they will not have any claim of any nature against the Event Organisers or their employees, agents or volunteers, for any illness, injury or adverse change in medical condition or state of health, arising directly or indirectly from attending the Event, or participating in any activities at the Event.
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