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Nearly 3,000 trainers from leisure facilities throughout the UK have signed up
for an update as part of the latest edition of the National Pool Lifeguard
Qualification (NPLQ).
news •
28 Feb 2012
Already well-known in the Littlehampton area for scoring the winning goal
and securing a gold medal for English football in the 2005 Deaf Olympics, 23-year-old BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lee Farrell has now become the
UK’s first profoundly deaf lifeguard.
news •
04 May 2006
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) and Leisure Media have announced a
partnership, as they aim to bridge employment gaps in the lifesaving sector.
news •
04 Oct 2018
The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) has introduced a new lifeguard qualification,
which it says is the first to align lifeguard and first aid at work revalidations.
news •
02 May 2019
A lifeguard has pleaded guilty to four charges of attempted voyeurism after he was caught
looking over changing cubicles to watch women undress.
news •
21 Sep 2015
Seventeen staff from DC Leisure have successfully completed their first National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) at the K2 leisure centre in Crawley.
news •
31 Oct 2006
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the industry leader in water-
related safety
qualifications and training. More than 40,000 pool lifeguards qualify with a RLSS UK National
Pool
Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) every year.
product innovation •
30 Oct 2019
Alex Blackwell has been appointed to the new role of group lifeguarding manager at DC Leisure.
news •
08 Jun 2006
Crystal Palace-based London Leisure College (LLC) has been named the Centre of Excellence in Leisure Operations for London by the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure (NSA).
news •
19 Mar 2009
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) has launched a
Pool Extraction Board (PXB) which is set to transform
the way swimming pool rescues are carried out.
product innovation •
23 Feb 2017
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has confirmed it is extending its partnership with Leisure
Opportunities, the jobs and training magazine and website for industry professionals.
news •
03 Oct 2019
Leisure centre operator Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has launched a campaign to
recruit older people to help tackle the national shortage of lifeguards.
news •
01 Jun 2017
David Lloyd Leisure has been fined more than £2.5m after pleading guilty to charges brought under the
UK's
Health and Safety at Work Act. The company was also ordered to pay £258,355 costs.
news •
18 Aug 2023
Cathy Desaunois has joined Virgin Active Italia as marketing manager, with a brief to adapt the brand to suit the Italian market during the company's expansion into Genova and Bologna.
news •
04 Jun 2003
An underwater safety camera system saved the life of a 10-year-old girl after she encountered difficulties while swimming and sank to the bottom of a pool in Bangor, north Wales.
news •
13 Sep 2005
A detailed planning application has been submitted by North Yorkshire-based Benchmark Leisure to turn Scarborough’s North Bay in the UK into a £120m destination called The Sands.
news •
24 Nov 2005
Rochdale cultural trust, Link4Life, has successfully secured funding to continue its Sports Apprenticeship Programme for 16- to 24-year-olds interested in pursuing a career in the sports industry.
news •
05 Nov 2007
South Lanarkshire Leisure is launching the Extended Swimming Development Programme at two of its swimming pool centres on 27 February to help meet the high demand for swimming lessons in the area.
news •
23 Feb 2006
Changing room equipment company Helmsman has linked up with pool safety specialist SenTAG in a move designed to help with both security and safety.
product innovation •
21 Jun 2007
Virgin Active has employed eight lifeguards at its new site in Falmer, Brighton,
following free training and qualifications provided by SWIM UK.
news •
03 Sep 2013
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has announced Martin Symcox as the new
director of its training subsidiary, IQL UK.
news •
09 Jul 2015
Young people and the unemployed are being offered the chance of a career in
the leisure industry through a raft of new initiatives.
news •
30 May 2014
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has announced that David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has become the latest company to adopt the National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS).
news •
08 Jun 2010
A new training initiative is aiming to 'retool the physical activity workforce' to help
businesses recover after lockdown. Funded by Sport England, the £1.5m ReTrain scheme has been
set up to support employers by providing free training for staff, enabling them to work in new roles.
news •
09 Sep 2020
A new guide document on swimming pool safety – which all UK pool operators will have to
adhere to – has been unveiled during the CIMSPA Conference in Kenilworth, Warwickshire
this
week.
news •
22 Feb 2018
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording of The Game
Changers Podcast with Sue Anstiss, CEO of Fearless Women.
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01 May 2024
The Royal LifeSaving Society UK (RLSS UK) and IQL have announced four new
additions to the RLSS UK qualifications portfolio, following a consultation with
operators in the leisure sector.
news •
01 Aug 2013
Nuffield Health has pledged to ensure all its staff will earn at least the new National Living
Wage from next month, not just over-25s as the new law requires.
news •
18 Mar 2016
Freedom Leisure has appointed Jeremy Rowe as head of operations for Wales & West as
the operator kicks off a host of new contract wins in the region.
news •
16 Nov 2015
Exeter City Council has invested £22,500 in a new swimming programme designed to help tackle junior obesity levels.
news •
10 Jul 2006
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