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. To learn how we can help your business, contact [email protected]. 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? Essential Water Safety Guidance Consultancy Services How We Can Help Consultancy Projects Make an Enquiry DEFRA Training NWSMP - DEFRA National Water Safety Management Programme (NWSMP) Water Rescue Equipment Training (WRET) Choosing the right water safety training course Aqua Park Services Accreditation Equipment Industry Qualifications Why Choose Us For Your Staff For Your Customers Bespoke Training How We Can Help Make an Enquiry Deliver our Qualifications Partners Become an Approved Training Centre / Provider Become a Commercial Partner Become a Water Safety Partner RLSS UK Advisors Wake up on the Right Side of the Bed Published: 17 December 2020 Sleep is a fundamental part of our positive wellbeing. Too little can affect how we feel emotionally and physically. Missing out on even 1 hour of sleep isn't good for us, but if it doesn't happen very often, we can cope. If it happens consistently and consecutively - our brains struggle to function, and our mood can dip which affects our wellbeing. Here are 8 easy tips to get your beauty sleep in: Think about your intake Alcohol can initially relax us, but it also dehydrates us. Inevitably we will wake up in the night because we need a drink, we’re too hot or we need to use the bathroom. All of these will disrupt our sleep, making us groggy in the morning! Eat earlier Our muscles have to process and digest what we eat, this takes energy from our bodies and can keep us awake for longer! Try and eat several hours before you go to bed. Make a routine This helps signal to our brain that we’re going to bed to sleep. Try and do the same things in the same order every night. Avoid the caffeine As Brits, we all love our tea but switch to decaf after 4 pm. Caffeine stays in our system for several hours and can affect our sleep. There's only a very small percentage of people that caffeine has no effect on. Keep it cool Make sure your room is cool enough to sleep in. If it's too hot, we tend to struggle to doze off and wake up in the night to throw the duvet off us. Make it dark Make sure no light is getting into your bedroom while you’re trying to sleep. Melatonin is the sleep hormone and is only released in dark environments. So, keep lights to a minimum and get blackout blinds or curtains for maximum melatonin. Ditch the noise If there's any noise in your room, this will stop you feeling relaxed so have all tech on silent and no ticking clocks. Avoid the blue Most tech now emits blue light which keeps us awake - try finding a setting to turn this off on your phone or tablet. You can also buy blue light blocking glasses online so you could keep watching TV or reading your kindle without being overstimulated. Check out some sleep apps below which might help you nod off quicker; Pzizz - Uses "dreamscapes" – a mix of music, voiceovers, and sound effects designed using the latest clinical research – to help you sleep better at night or take power naps during the day. Sleepio - Sleepio is an online sleep improvement programme that has been clinically proven to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep through the night, and give you more energy during the day. Sleep Cycle - Sleep Cycle tracks and analyses your sleep patterns. Choose your wake-up time, and the app will gently stir you from your slumber during your lightest phase of sleep to ensure that you wake up feeling rested, refreshed, and ready for the day ahead. All apps are available for both iPhone and Android phones. Thank you to Ellen Lapworth-Maisey for writing content Manage Cookie Preferences