Water safety news

Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first time, as expenditure on swimming and swimming lessons reaches record ... More

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

The number of drownings in the UK's inland waters has risen in the last year. A survey carried out by The Royal Life Saving Society ... More

Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has launched a new campaign which looks to create a more diverse workforce in ... More

A partnership between leisure operator GLL and the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) – designed to address the national shortage of swim teachers – has been hailed ... More

The government has pledged extra support and improved guidance for primary schools in England as part of a drive to make sure all children are ... More

Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has named Jo Talbot as interim director of its awarding body, IQL UK. Talbot ... More

The number of accidental drownings in the UK fell by 15 per cent last year. Figures from the National Water Safety Forum's Water Incident Database ... More

European Swimming Federation LEN has released new minimum Learn to Swim standards to ensure young people are taught the same skills regardless of the country ... More

Olympic medallist and European champion swimmer Steve Parry has been appointed the new chair of outdoor swimming and water safety programme Swim Safe. Operated by ... More

A swimming programme designed for babies and pre-school children will be rolled out across all five Center Parcs location after a successful trial. STAnley’s Swim ... More

A third of 11-year-old school pupils will finish Year 6 unable to swim, a report commissioned by Swim England has revealed. The report, compiled by ... More

A host of water safety education resources and swimming-related activities will be made available for The Scout Association after the body signed a three-year deal ... More

An eight-time Invictus Games gold medal winner nicknamed the ‘prince of the pool’ has been appointed as the open water swimming/water safety ambassador for the ... More

Schools will be able to take advantage of a free swimming programme provided by the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) to improve the capabilities of young ... More

British swimming greats Rebecca Adlington, Mark Foster and Steve Parry joined sports minister Tracey Crouch yesterday (10 November) to celebrate 125 years of school swimming ... More

Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) CEO Roger Millward has announced that he will retire next summer, with his son Theo set to take over the reins ... More

The largest indoor waterpark in the UK has put its lifeguard team through its paces, holding an incident training session to better prepare the team ... More

Image: David Stalker (left) and David Rushton The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) have joined forces ... More

Big Splash, a new campaign designed to increase the number of people swimming and help improve the nation's health, has been launched by British Swimming ... More

Katy Sexton MBE, the first British female swimmer to win a World Championship gold medal, has been appointed an ambassador of the Swimming Teachers' Association ... More

A horror year for drowning which claimed 302 Australian lives has prompted urgent calls from the Royal Life Saving Society - Australia for increased parental ... More

The 2009 AIMS Safety Seminar, to be held in conjunction with the IAAPA Expo in Las Vegas, US later this year, will for the first ... More