Your donation empowers our volunteers with specialised skills need to save lives. It supports advanced lifesaving training, coastal and remote rescue capabilities, emergency response training, flood and swift‑water rescue techniques, and advanced rescue training for abalone divers ensuring our teams are prepared for emergencies in every environment across Australia.
As a proud Major National Partner of Surf Life Saving, the Ampol Foundation continues its commitment to keeping Australians safe in and around the water.
From 5 November to 2 December 2025, Ampol Foundation is once again rallying communities through its Ampol Foodary retail network to raise vital funds for Surf Life Saving; this year with a new focus on training the volunteer surf lifesavers who save lives.
Every donation helps Surf Life Saving volunteers gain the specialised rescue training they need to respond to emergencies, whether on our beaches, in floodwaters, or remote environments across Australia.
Your support funds advanced training programs such as:
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Flood and swift-water rescue techniques
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Coastal and remote emergency response
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Advanced abalone diver rescue training
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CPR, first aid and advanced lifesaving capability
How You Can Help
You can make a difference in-store or online:
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Donate at the register at participating Ampol Foodary locations
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Purchase a participating product and Ampol will donate on your behalf
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Give online by selecting a pre-set or custom donation amount
Participating Products*
10c from selected products and $2 from Aerial Gold Tag Sunglasses sold from 5 November to 2 December 2025 at participating sites will be donated to Surf Life Saving.
Selected products include:
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Magnum 85–107mL range
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Four’N Twenty Beef Traveller Pie 160g
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Celsius 330mL range
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Smith’s Twisties 80–90g range
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The Natural Confectionery Co. & Sour Patch Kids 130–190g range
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Kettle 90g range (excludes Kettle Ridge Cut 90g)
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PODs 160g range
*Product availability and range may vary by site. While stocks last.
Where Your Donation Goes
All funds raised will go directly to the Surf Life Saving Innovation Fund, which helps future-proof the movement by investing in volunteer training, new ideas, and lifesaving capability across every state and territory.
In 2025, donations will help deliver specialised rescue training programs such as:
| State | Training Focus |
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| Western Australia | Advanced Abalone Rescue Training & Development Camps |
| South Australia | Flood Rescue Responder and Flood Boat Operator |
| New South Wales | Core Lifesaving Capability (CPR, First Aid, Rescue & Advanced Emergency Response) |
| Queensland | Flood Rescue Responder |
| Northern Territory | Swift Water Rescue Boat Operator & Shallow Water Aquatic Rescue (SMAR) |
| Victoria | Flood Rescue Responder and Flood Boat Operator |
| Tasmania | Flood Rescue Responder and Flood Boat Operator + Core Lifesaving Capability |
Why It Matters
Every dollar counts. Your donation strengthens Australia’s lifesaving capability, ensuring our volunteers are ready to respond to emergencies on the beach, and beyond.
Together, we can help train lifesavers and save lives.
Did you know?
Volunteer surf lifesavers are best known for their lifesaving services on Australian beaches, but did you know they’re also called upon during natural disasters such as fires and floods, to support other emergency services?
Surf lifesavers are always prepared to help those in need. Their lifesaving rescue and first aid skills provide untold benefits to Australian communities.
Could you give regularly?
As well as training new volunteer surf lifesaver, your monthly donation helps repair and replace the equipment that constant exposure to the sun and sea can damage. As a Guardian of the Surf your monthly donation ensures that we are rescue-ready at a moment’s notice. You would be the silent hero behind every life saved.