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In accordance with the provisions of our Supplemental Charter, Bye Laws and the Society’s Regulations, the term of our current Board of Trustees ends in May 2024.  We are looking to appoint or reappoint Trustees and the closing date for nominations is 29th February 2024. We are looking for Regionally Elected Trustees and a Youth…

Earlier in 2023, the RLSS launched a scholarship programme that would support a youngster from one of our member organisations to attend and present at the World Conference on Drowning Prevention which was held in Perth, Australia earlier this month. Geh Cheow Mei from Malaysia was awarded a scholarship after her abstract ‘A study to…

On Monday 24th July, Kalya Kandegoda Gamage from Sri Lanka was awarded the 2022 Mountbatten Medal, for saving the life of his younger brother.   The Mountbatten Medal is awarded annually for the most gallant rescue or rescue attempt undertaken in the previous year, by an individual who has taken Royal Life Saving Society training,…

Yesterday, Noah Winders from Ireland was awarded the 2022 Russell Medal, for his part in saving the life of a teammate. RLSS’s Russell Medal is awarded for the most outstanding resuscitation or attempted resuscitation performed during the previous calendar year by a person under 21 years of age. Noah was playing basketball at school when…

Today, the RLSS hosted an event at Marlborough House, home of the Commonwealth Secretariat, on Accelerating Action on Global Drowning Prevention.  The event was run in partnership with the RNLI, and included presentations from both organisations, as well as Dr David Meddings, Drowning Prevention Lead at the World Health Organisation as Key Speaker.  We were…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board has adopted decision EB152/CONF./2 “Accelerating Action on Global Drowning Prevention” which recommends to the World Health Assembly the adoption of a resolution to address the global drowning burden. The 76th World Health Assembly (the decision making body of the WHO) will be held 21-30th May 2023. The resolution…

On Monday of this week, The Commonwealth officially launched its ‘2023 Year of Youth’. The next 12 months will be giving centre stage to young people and youth-related issues such as climate change, access to education, skills, employment, and political, social and economic participation. The Commonwealth agenda will encourage organisations to empower the 1.5 billion…

Today, 18th December is International Migrants Day, and, on this day, we remember all those who have drowned using migration routes. We applaud the actions of those individuals and organisations whose work seeks to prevent such tragedies. This day provides us with the opportunity to reflect on the Vancouver Declaration on Drowning Risk Reduction of…

We are pleased to announce the appointment of the key officials for the 2023 RLSS Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships to be held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada from 13th to 17th September 2023

The Royal Life Saving Society and Lifesaving Society Canada invite applications for volunteers to officiate at the 2023 Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships to be held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada from 13th to 17th September 2023. If you would like to apply, please complete the application form and return it to commonwealth@rlss.org.uk by 31st October 2022 Key…