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. RLSS UK Shop We are also at the forefront of supporting companies in manufacturing and distributing innovative and compliant lifesaving equipment, and the RLSS UK Shop offers official uniforms and training, first aid, and safety equipment for the leisure industry and beyond. Our trusted brand gives peace of mind to businesses and the millions of customers who access the facilities we support.To find out how we can help your business, contact us at [email protected]. Free Water Safety Advice Water Safety - Am I Doing Enough? 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Both organisations are the experts and market leaders in their respective fields and together, have trained more than 85 per cent of all swimming teachers, coaches and lifeguards, working within the industry. The partnership will see new and exciting opportunities for courses for the aquatic workforce, with the aim of allowing individuals to achieve easier access to a range of qualifications, whilst maintaining the same high standards. The two organisations will showcase their new partnership at Elevate, which opened at London’s eXceL today and continues tomorrow, Thursday 9 May. Jane Nickerson, Swim England CEO, said: “We’re delighted to be teaming up with RLSS UK in an innovative new partnership, to ensure swimming teachers and lifeguards have access to the best possible qualifications. “We have worked closely with RLSS UK for many years, but this is the first time we will be combining our expertise to support the development of the swimming workforce. “Giving easier access to our high-quality courses through a one-stop shop, presents a great opportunity for teachers and lifeguards to complete their qualifications effectively, meaning even more people will be able to benefit from quality lesson provision, that embraces the Swim England national learn-to-swim framework. “Ensuring our swimming teachers and lifeguards are highly trained, is critical to providing a safe environment for our young people to learn how to swim and go on to enjoy the water safely.” Lee Heard, Director of Partnerships for RLSS UK, commented: “This is a really exciting time to be entering into a formal partnership with Swim England. “RLSS UK have awarded more than 1.2 million qualifications in the last five years and with nearly 90,000 RLSS UK qualified pool lifeguards, there are some very natural synergies in our two organisations working together, to help support leisure operators.” Swimming teachers are in great demand, as more than 1.2 million children successfully took part in the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme last year. In 2018 the Institute of Swimming (IoS) – the largest provider of Swim England aquatics qualifications – delivered CPDs and qualifications to more than 10,400 learners. Manage Cookie Preferences