Strategic Partnership
We are delighted to share that we are now a strategic partner of The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK).With our mutual aims to promote safety around water-based activities, our partnership will see us strengthening and promoting water safety awareness and messaging across swimmers, clubs, venues and events.
We are also delighted to be directly supporting the charity's water safety education work through commission paid on all sales of its own RLSS UK Sports Guardian bands.
About The Royal Life Saving Society UK
It is the Royal Life Saving Society UK’s (RLSS UK)'s purpose to enhance communities, so everyone can enjoy being in, on and around water, safely; because every life is worth saving.
RLSS UK has a proud history dating back to 1891 of helping to reduce the number of lives lost to drowning. Its mission is to be the leader in lifesaving and lifeguarding in the UK and Ireland. Sharing their expertise and knowledge with as many people as possible, giving everyone the potential to save lives and enjoy water, safely.
RLSS UK runs awareness campaigns, education and training and has a wealth of resources on its website including water safety advice and resources for individuals and families, in particular open water safety where, sadly , drownings continue to occur due to a lack of knowledge of open water safety.
8July 2025
GDPR for open water swimming venues
Most venues want to do the right thing when it comes to swimmer safety. But keeping emergency contact details or medical info on file brings up big questions about data protection. With GDPR in full force, how can you balance being prepared for an emergency with respecting someone’s right to privacy without drowning in red tape?Our pdf walks you through what venues can and can’t do—and how to handle medical data safely without drowning in red tape. There's also a handy checklist to help you with GDPR compliance.
GDPR for open water swimming venues.pdf1 July 2025
Lenches Lakes joins Sports Guardian
We're delighted to welcome Lenches Lakes as our first Sports Guardian affiliate organisation!A huge thank you to the Lenches Lakes team and all their swimmers for embracing Sports Guardian with such enthusiasm. You are great ambassadors!
Lenches Lakes21 March 2023
