The Royal Life Saving Society UK is the National Governing Body for pool-based Lifesaving Sport - a sport recognised by the International Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation. Lifesaving Sport is the only sport whose skills are first learned for humanitarian purposes.
As showcased in our new promotional video, Lifesaving Sport is a competitive and dynamic international sport, with a variety of fun and challenging activities that take place in and out of the water at swimming pools and the beach. It is also an important vehicle to engage young people in lifesaving and support drowning prevention.
Due to launch soon; the NLA Sport Awards have been developed by Lifesaving Sport experts at RLSS UK to enhance lifesaving skills and build fitness. Read more
Check out our brand-new promotional Lifesaving Sport video which was filmed in September with the 2023 England Team of Lifesaving Sport athletes at the prestigious Loughborough University Swimming Pool. Read more
Updates from the European Open and Masters Lifesaving Championships in Belgium. Read more
Updates from the RLSS Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships in Canada. Read more
Updates from the European Youth Lifesaving Championships in Poland. Read more
Members of Crawley Town Life Saving Club have recently won some important selections for 2023 international competitions. Read more
We are pleased to announce the final selection for the 2023 GBR Lifesaving Sport Teams to compete at the European Championships. Read more
Lee Heard, Charity Director for RLSS UK, provides an update below on the charity’s policy position for transgender athletes in lifesaving sport. Read more
James is an athlete at Blyth Lifeguard and Swimming Club and at the 2022 National Lifesaving Championships, he won overall Gold in the Junior Boys category with his partner as well as various other individual medals. Read more
Meet the Teams & Managers for our home nations as they prepare for the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships in Canada Read more
The National Speed Lifesaving Championships are always a highlight in the Lifesaving Sport calendar and 2023 was certainly no different. It was fantastic to see competitors, clubs and volunteers from across our Society coming together in a brand new venue! Read more
A special thank you to everyone for their efforts and for making the Riccione Lifesaving World Championships such a success. Read more
The final selection for the GBR Lifesaving Sport Teams to compete at the Riccione Lifesaving World Championships. Read more
It was great to see competitors, clubs and volunteers from across our Society coming together for this prestigious event. The pandemic influenced all our lives, but we were able to get back to Lifesaving Sport at the end of 2021 for a highly successful Lifesaving Sport Challenge competition in Leeds and this was continued for the National Speed Championships in March this year. Read more
It was a long wait to get back in the pool competing again, but 16th October 2021 marked the return of Lifesaving Sport with our Lifesaving Sport Challenge 2021 in Leeds. Read more
The World Championships for National Teams Open and Youth will be held from September 28 to October 2 2022 in Riccione, Italy Read more
The GBR Lifesaving “One Team” is selected from the membership of Royal Life Saving Society UK, Surf Lifesaving Great Britain and Surf Life Saving Association of Wales to attend both European and World championships. Read more
The Royal Life Saving Society UK is supporting #SaveOurSports, a campaign by the UK’s sport and physical activity sector, urging the Government to save grassroots sport, fitness, and leisure facilities from permanent closure due to COVID-19. Read more