RLSS UK Podcast Channel

In this episode we cross the pond to talk to Chief Executive Officer at Lifesaving Society Canada, Bobby White. As we talk to one of our closest partners, this is a fascinating insight into how COVID-19 has impacted lifesaving in Canada.

The Royal Life Saving Society is a collaboration of many Commonwealth branches who work together to share best practice and support to save lives across the Commonwealth. RLSS UK are delighted to work closely with partners in Canada and other RLSS branches. These partnerships make us all better.

In this episode we talk to Andy Salmon, Chief Executive of British Triathlon about his organisation, how they've managed COVID-19 and our joint partnership that continues to support the growth of participation in open water swimming.

Bronze Medallion holder and author of the Last Man Off - Matt Lewis – talks about his survival in the seas of the Antarctic. This is an intriguing and inspiring story of a fishing trip that turns into a feat of endurance and survival in Antarctic Waters.

Surfers Against Sewage is widely recognised, as one of the UK’s leading marine conservation charities.

Surfers Against Sewage deal with a wide spectrum of marine conservation issues from marine litter to climate change. Not just surfers – not just sewage. The reason why we are partnering with them is simple, we want to protect our oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife and our new strategic framework sets out this ambition…to work with others to be guardians of our water systems.

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.

They’re just like us – they love our oceans and, they’d like to see them better protected for the future for everyone. They’re a charity that is focused, on creating great community projects and campaigns that you can get involved with to do just this.

Surfers Against Sewage doesn’t describe exactly what they do anymore! Together, they’re much more than their name suggests. They’ve made great progress on cleaning up our beaches from sewage and, the cleanliness of our seas remains in the DNA of the organisation. But their new priority issue is marine plastic pollution. They work on other issues too – climate change, water quality, coastal development, but plastic pollution is huge and needs a lot of attention!

As lifeguards and lifesavers, their work is so important to us that the connection is obvious and strong. We are delighted to partner with them and support their campaigns

Jane and her team at Swim England are and have been leading the #FightForPools campaign, to ensure that the benefits associated with aquatic activity are at the front of COVID-19 recovery.

We talk to Jane about her team and the challenges facing swimming, Swim England and The Leisure Sector

In this episode we talk to CIMPSA CEO, Tara Dillion about CIMSPAs role in the leisure industry and the impact of COVID-19 on CIMPSA's staff and the industry

Suicide is the biggest killer of under 35's in the UK and is relevant to the drowning prevention landscape across the UK and Ireland. Contributing to addressing water related suicide remains a key agenda, through expert partners such as Papyrus.

In this episode we talk to Ged Flynn, Papyrus CEO about this issue and the impact of COVID-19. 

Are you, or is a young person you know, not coping with life? For confidential suicide prevention advice contact HOPELINEUK. We are open 9am–12am (midnight) every day of the year:

0800 068 4141

https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

RLSS UK and its many trainers, supporters and members work tirelessly to help everybody across the UK and Ireland to enjoy water safely. Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that water in the UK and Ireland still causes unimaginable tragedy to individuals and families.

It is crucial that as part of our work we are able to signpost children, parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child loses their life.

This episode explores the support offered by Anne Chalmers and her excellent team

RNLI and RLSS UK continue to work closely together where our aims and ambitions are aligned. This episode is an excellent insight from RNLI's Chief Executive about our working relationship, how RNLI have dealt with the pandemic and their plans for the future. 

In anticipation for the launch of Ed's sequel video to Blacks Can't Swim, we talk to Ed about his journey and his mission to address the social imbalance of BME communities in aquatics.