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07 Apr 2026
Wakefield Council has confirmed plans to transition its swim school provision to STA’s new 1-7
09 Apr 2025
More than 70 per cent of children are being taken out of swimming lessons before
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
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30 Oct 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the industry leader
25 Jun 2019
The number of drownings in the UK's inland waters has risen in the last year.
15 Feb 2019
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has launched a new
15 Jan 2019
A partnership between leisure operator GLL and the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) – designed to
26 Oct 2018
The government has pledged extra support and improved guidance for primary schools in England as
15 Oct 2018
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has named Jo Talbot
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15 May 2018
The number of accidental drownings in the UK fell by 15 per cent last year.
27 Dec 2017
European Swimming Federation LEN has released new minimum Learn to Swim standards to ensure young
23 Nov 2017
One of Britain’s greatest swimmers, Olympic medallist, Steve Parry, has been confirmed as active-net 2018’s
21 Sep 2017
Olympic medallist and European champion swimmer Steve Parry has been appointed the new chair of
02 Aug 2017
A swimming programme designed for babies and pre-school children will be rolled out across all
27 Jul 2017
A third of 11-year-old school pupils will finish Year 6 unable to swim, a report
01 Dec 2016
A host of water safety education resources and swimming-related activities will be made available for
28 Jul 2016
An eight-time Invictus Games gold medal winner nicknamed the ‘prince of the pool’ has been
05 Apr 2016
Schools will be able to take advantage of a free swimming programme provided by the
11 Nov 2015
British swimming greats Rebecca Adlington, Mark Foster and Steve Parry joined sports minister Tracey Crouch
26 Nov 2014
Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) CEO Roger Millward has announced that he will retire next summer,
29 Sep 2014
The largest indoor waterpark in the UK has put its lifeguard team through its paces,
04 Sep 2012
The Swimming Teachers Association (STA) has formed a new partnership with Swimtime, provider of swimming
21 May 2012
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16 May 2011
Big Splash, a new campaign designed to increase the number of people swimming and help
25 Jan 2011
Katy Sexton MBE, the first British female swimmer to win a World Championship gold medal,
22 Sep 2009
A horror year for drowning which claimed 302 Australian lives has prompted urgent calls from
08 Sep 2009
The 2009 AIMS Safety Seminar, to be held in conjunction with the IAAPA Expo in
20 Apr 2009
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19 Feb 2009
Hundreds of Canberran kids will be equipped with basic water safety skills this term thanks
19 Feb 2009
The Royal Life Saving Society is urgently warning all Northern Territory families of the risks
27 Jan 2009
A temporary swimming pool has been installed in an old school hall in Lambeth, South
20 Dec 2008
When a community loses one child, it is a tragedy. But this week, the region
27 Aug 2008
The Swimming Teachers' Association has launched the Official Water Safety Programme for People with Disabilities,
21 Jul 2008
Yuendumu lifesavers who travelled to Sydney this month as part of Royal Life Saving's Indigenous
03 Jul 2008
Lifeguards and swimming teachers from Barnsley Premier Leisure gave a water safety talk to year
03 Jun 2008
Oldham Community Leisure is to install a mobile swimming pool into a local school sports
28 May 2008
The 2008 Australian Water Safety Conference, which was opened by Noeline Brown, Ambassador for Ageing
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