Water Safety Advice For Your BusinessRoyal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the UK and Ireland's industry leader in water-related safety qualifications and training for aquatic, open water, and beach operators and be recognised worldwide as an expert in lifeguarding and water safety. We work with an impressive list of national leisure operators and partners - from hotels, spas, and competition pools to leisure centres, aqua parks and open water venues and have supported many businesses and landowners in meeting their responsibilities to water safety. Our trusted brand gives peace of mind to businesses and the millions of people who access the facilities and sites we support. Qualifications and Awards Water safety training is essential for any business with employees working on, in, or near water. Every year, we certify more than 60,000 regulated qualifications and non-regulated vocational training awards, and more lifeguards qualify with RLSS UK than any other awarding body! Training We support many large organisations and businesses with more bespoke training needs - including the cruise and holiday industries. We can adapt 'off the shelf' RLSS UK qualifications and awards to provide a solution or create new, bespoke training products or packages tailored to your business. Consultancy We are experts at delivering clear and practical consultancy support to any business, organisation or individual with liabilities to visitors and staff around water. Our consultancy work is varied, and we cover a wide range of locations across the UK. For example, in 2023, we completed projects including water safety risk assessments for indoor pools and open water venues, local authorities and private landowners who own/manage bodies of water, as well as water safety audits on the coast. 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They had in their possession one of our wonderful old Certificates ‘For the knowledge of Rescue, Releasing one’s self from the clutches of the Drowning, also ability to render aid in Resuscitating the Apparently Drowned’ this had been awarded to Chris’s mother (Gertrude May Edwards) in 1924. Sadly Gertrude had passed away and they wanted to know if we would like the certificate for our archive – which of course we were grateful to receive. These grand awards come to us from time to time, but what makes this particular one so wonderful is the fact that it has not only been treasured, but it has also travelled far and wide. It appears where Gertrude went – so did her certificate! Gertrude was fourteen when she took her Life Saving Certificate. Later she met and married Bill Potter and in 1957 they made an application to Australia House in London to migrate to Australia. They were both charged £10.00 for their travel on the condition that they stayed in Australia for 2 years, anyone returning before this time had to pay one thousand pound for their passage, which was a significant amount of money in 1957. This of course ensured that most that would make the journey would be keen to stay. In 1959 at the port of Tilbury and on board the RMS Strathaird, the Potter family and Gertrude’s certificate left the UK. Weather conditions were bad and the white cliffs of Dover were obscured by rain and hail. However as their journey progressed over the weeks and with each port visited the weather got hotter. This at least prepared the family for the heat wave to greet them when they landed in Freemantle and Melbourne when they finally arrived in Australia. Gertrude always had her award out on display throughout her life. It was obvious she was very proud of it. Now many years later it has made the return trip to the UK and has a home once more with us here at The Royal Life Saving Society. We would like to thank the Potter family for kindly donating Gertrude’s award and for the lovely history behind it. Manage Cookie Preferences