Resources
| General | Title |
|---|---|
| BSI | Occupational health and safety management systems. General guidelines for the application of ISO 45001 |
| Health and Safety Executive | Managing for health and safety (HSG65) |
| A brief guide for controlling risks in the workplace (INDG163) | |
| Health and Safety Regulation ...a short guide (HSC13) | |
| Plan, Do, Check, Act: An introduction to managing for health and safety (INDG275) | |
| Personal equipment on inland and inshore waters (AIS1) | |
| RoSPA & Public Health England | Delivering accident prevention in the new public health system: Water safety benefits and choice |
| National Water Safety Forum | Principles for managing water related risks |
| Visitor Safety Group | Managing Visitor Safety in the Countryside: Principles & Practice (£) |
| IJARE | International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education: Peer reviewed journal |
| BMJ | Injury Prevention: Peer reviewed journal |
| UKSAR | Strategic overview of Search and Rescue in the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland (2017) |
| Coastal | Title |
|---|---|
| British Marine Federation (£) | Health and safety guide |
| Code of practice for the design, construction and operation of coastal and inland marinas and yacht harbours | |
| Environment Agency | The Coastal Handbook (2010) |
| Maritime & Coastguard Agency | HM Coastguard website |
| Kids Activity Zone | |
| Strategic overview of Search and Rescue Framework in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2008, Archive copy) | |
| Recreational Safety Strategy | |
| Managing Beach Safety (August 2019) | |
| RNLI | Beach safety flags and symbols |
| Coastal rescue equipment | |
| Beach and sea safety educational resources | |
| Royal Yachting Association | Managing personal watercraft (RYA-BMF joint publication) |
| Marine Management Organisation | Marine Planning: A guide for local councils |
| Information and data | Title |
|---|---|
| British Sub-Aqua Club | Annual diving incident reports |
| CHIRP | Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Program (Maritime Incident Reports) |
| Maritime & Coastguard Agency | Leisure facts and figures book |
| Trends in watersports participation (Consortium publication) - See Research and Reports | |
| National Water Safety Forum | WAID database - holding water-related accident and incident data |
| Health and Social Care Information Centre | Hospital Episode Statistics online |
| RoSPA | Home & Accident Leisure Surveillance System (HASS/LASS) |
| Annual drowning statistics (now part of WAID) | |
| RNLI | Lifeguard and annual rescue reports |
| Swimming pool | Title |
|---|---|
| Swim England | Facilities design and management advice |
| School swimming and water safety: Resources for schools | |
| Safety management when teaching and coaching | |
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Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) |
Play equipment and water features in swimming pools (£) |
| Parental and operator guidance for child admission policies (2014) | |
| Waterslides: a code of practice for safe operation (£) | |
| Safe supervision for teaching and coaching swimming (Joint publication) (£) | |
| Health and Safety Executive | Managing health and safety in swimming pools (HSG 179) (4th Edition 2018) |
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Control of legionella and other infectious agents in spa-pool systems (HSG282) (1st Edition 2017) |
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| Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG) | Swimming Pool Water: Treatment and quality standards for pools and spas (£) |
| Royal Life Saving Society UK | Various resources |
| RoSPA | Taking children swimming |
| Holiday hotel swimming pools | |
| Swimming Teachers Association | Various resources |
| Watersports | Title |
|---|---|
| Swim England | School swimming and water safety hub |
| British Sub-Aqua Club | Safe diving advice, information and resources |
| Safety section including boating, decompression, rescue, equipment | |
| British Rowing | RowSafe (2018) |
| Staying safe resources, training and advice | |
| British Canoeing | Safety advice hub |
| British Triathlon | Coaching resources |
| Royal Yachting Association | Regulations |
| Safety information |
| Education and awareness opportunities | |
|---|---|
| Respect the Water | RNLI led campaign targeting men aged 16-39, as this age group accounts for the biggest number of coastal drowning fatalities. Around two thirds of those who die around the UK coast are adult men. |
| Drowning Prevention Week | Campaign week led by RLSS UK. Seeking to promote water safety awareness and cut down the number of preventable drowning incidents which occur in the UK every year. |
| Family Safety Week | Campaign week led by RoSPA covering a broad range of safety topics including water safety. |
| School Swimathon | Swim England has joined forces with the Swimathon Foundation to help pupils across the UK to ‘Swim their Best’ in the School Swimathon. |
| Water Safety Week | Annual NFCC (was CFOA) led event in partnership with local fire officers and communities. #BeWaterAware |
| National Lifejacket Day | An international campaign aimed at raising awareness of the correct choice and use of personal floatation devices. |
| Water safety education | |
|---|---|
| Physical education curriculums | England: (DfE) at key stage two |
| Scotland: Water Safety Scotland - Kit Bag Evaluation | |
| Wales: Physical education in the national cirriculum for Wales |
| Others network & Orgs | Note |
|---|---|
| Visitor Safety Group | Focus on visitor safety at rural and heritage sites, providing case studies and information on case law. Principles for visitor safety. |
| IoSH Rural Industries Group | Requires IoSH membership. |
| Countryside Recreation Network | Exchanges best practice on recreation issues. Publishes quarterly newsletter. |
| RoSPA Leisure Safety | Leisure Safety - Information regarding public safety issues. |
| RoSPA National Accident Prevention Strategy | Strategy for England launched October 2018 |
| Water UK | Management of reservoirs. Water industry network. |
| Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education | Framework and advice for local authorities in Scotland managing trips, visits and outdoor adventure activities. |
| Local Government Association (LGA) | Water safety toolkit for councils |
| Tidal Thames Water Safety Forum | Drowning Prevention Strategy (2019) |
Research and Reports
| Unintentional & Intentional injury | Report |
|---|---|
| Global report on drowning: preventing a leading killer (World Health Organisation 2014) | |
| Water incident related hospital admissions across England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective descriptive study. Wilson and Henderson. (2005) | |
| The epidemiology of non intentional inland drowning on open water in Great Britain between 1989-2001. Henderson, Wilson and Cornall. (2005) * | + |
| Drowning of British Children Abroad: An Indication of a European Problem. Sibert et al. Presented at the 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Vienna, 2004. * | |
| Inland Drowning Trends in Great Britain. Henderson et al. Presented at the International Boating and Water Safety Summit, Las Vegas (2003). * | + |
| World report on child injury prevention. World Health Organization | |
| UK Incident Database Gap Analysis. HSL *(PDF) | + |
| Drowning: injury topic briefing (WHO) | WHO web site |
| Drowning: factsheet (WHO, 2014) | WHO web site (PDF 1MB) |
| Reports from the Environmental Physiology & Ergonomics Research Exchange | EPERE web site |
| The UK Missing Person Behaviors Study. Perkins and Roberts (2011) |
| UK WAter Incident Database Reports (WAID) | Report |
|---|---|
| WAID landing page |
| Participation rates | Report |
|---|---|
| Watersports Participation Survey (2018) | see 2018 link |
| Watersports Participation Survey (2017) | (PDF 2.4mb) |
| Watersports Participation Survey (2016) | (PDF1.7mb) |
| Watersports Participation Survey (2015) | (PDF2.3mb) |
| Watersports Participation Survey (2014) | (PDF 1.21mb) |
| Watersports Participation Survey (2013) | (PDF 1mb) |
| Water Sports and Leisure Participation Survey (2012) | (PDF 1mb) |
| Active people survey. Sport England (Annual) | Sport England web site |
| Public risk themes | Report |
|---|---|
| Landowners' liability? Is perception of the risk of liability for visitors accidents a barrier to countryside access? Bennett and Crowe (2008). | Sheffield Hallam University |
| On the safe side: Risk, risk management and volunteering. Gaskin (2006). | Institute for Volunteering Research |
| Nothing ventured... Balancing risks and benefits in the outdoors. Gill (2010) | English Outdoor Council |
| Redefining Risk: Girls shout Out. Girlguiding UK (2009) | Girlguiding UK |
| Managing Risk in Play Provision: Implentation Guide. Ball et al (2nd Edition 2013) | Play England |
| Playgrounds - risk, benefits and choice | HSE |
| RNLI Lifeguards as First Responders 2007. Dawes, Lorimer, Knight*, North *South Western Ambulance |
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| Research evidence review report for Child Death Review on drowning Public Health Wales (2015) |
Notes
We look to review and update this page periodically. If you have a published paper or report that would be useful please contact us and we'll look to list it.
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+ - Offline access only. Many of these are held by the RoSPA information centre.