Welcome to our online area dedicated to supporting businesses with water safety advice and support services, including bespoke training, consultancy, qualifications, equipment, and collaborative opportunities. As a charity, our primary interest lies in water safety. Our services offer impartial, honest, cost-effective solutions that best suit your water safety needs and help create a safer environment. PLUS, 100% of all profits from our business support services go into helping us educate more people on how to enjoy water safely.
Royal 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. We have also 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.
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, including First Aid Essentials and more lifeguards qualify with RLSS UK than any other awarding body!
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.
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.
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 find out how we can help your business, contact us at [email protected].
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If you have a body of water on the land you own or manage, you have a duty to ensure the safety of staff members, visitors, and members of the public (including trespassers!). Read more
How we can help you achieve the highest safety standards for you swimming pool. Read more
A comprehensive water safety risk assessment for a wild pond located in West Wood. Read more
Read how Wessex Rivers Trust implemented water safety training for all new and existing staff. Read more
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RLSSS UK Consultants supported North Devon Council with exploring the opportunity of opening the tidal basin at the harbour to groups such as local diving and swimming clubs. Read more
Hotels and spas although having different rules to publicly accessible pools, staff still need to be appropriately trained to safeguard customers, and to respond efficiently and effectively in an emergency. Read more
Water safety training designed for organisations whose business activities take place in, on, or near water. Read more
The National Water Safety Management Programme DEFRA (NWSMP DEFRA) is the industry-leading water safety training course for organisations with business activities in, on or near water. Read more
Schools, colleges, universities, and outdoor education providers have a responsibility to ensure pupils, staff and visitors remain safe near water when using their facilities. Read more
If you are responsible for leading a group in, on or around water for an activity or transport, you are required to make sure that the area is safe. Read more
Local authorities play a vital role in protecting, maintaining, and improving local outdoor spaces and creating new areas of open space to improve access for everyone, including responsibility and liability for water safety management. Read more