Leisure DB State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2024

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LYNXIGHT Lynxight is on a mission to prevent drowning and drive the movement towards smarter, safer aquatic facilities. Its unique AI connects to standard security cameras to alert to swimmer distress behaviour, mitigating pool safety risks and lifeguard shortages at sport and leisure facilities. It is widely endorsed by industry safety organisations, local regulators and insurers. lynxight.com OS GEN OS Generation is an on-site energy generation expert that delivers material financial savings for our customers at no capital or ongoing cost while bringing down the barriers to a lower carbon future, making cleaner energy a viable, affordable option. os-gen.co.uk PROSPEC Prospec is the UK’s leading leisure industry provider of locker, changing and shower room solutions. Established in 1977, Prospec isn’t just another locker and cubicle supplier: it prides itself on being the leading UK provider of high-quality storage and changing solutions, able to design, manufacture and install its products using its own in-house team. prospec.co.uk RLSS RLSS UK are experts in water safety. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality qualifications, training, guidance and consultancy to help operators to ensure everyone can enjoy water safely. As the first choice for swimming pool safety over 90% of all swimming pool lifeguards hold an RLSS UK qualification, and we work with over 3,000 swimming pools. rlss.org.uk RUTH LEE Ruth Lee Ltd is a world-leading manufacturer of rescue training manikins, with more than 20 years’ experience designing water rescue manikins. The Pool Rescue manikin was launched at the RLSS UK IQL conference in 2017 and has since transformed how lifeguards train globally, by creating a more realistic, linear training scenario. ruthlee.com

SPATA SPATA is the Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association. Originally established in 1961, it has been known as SPATA since 1971. As a trade association, SPATA works with its contractor and supplier members to set industry standards and to require members to work to a code of ethics. It is very active at home and overseas, sharing good practice with other agencies and national pool and spa associations to benefit its members. It works very closely with SPATEX, the UK’s only water leisure exhibition. spata.co.uk STA As a national governing body for swimming and an educational charity, STA is dedicated to the teaching of swimming and water safety. For the last 90 years, STA has worked to deliver the highest standards of swimming teaching, and today represents 17,500 members, and partners with swim schools/leisure operators in the UK and internationally. sta.co.uk

WATER BABIES Water Babies is the world’s largest baby and toddler swimming school, teaching over 40,000 children the lifesaving skill of learning how to swim. With over 20 years’ experience and the best trained teachers in the world, Water Babies provides an individual swimming journey for all families. waterbabies.co.uk

Our thanks go to all our partners for their support in producing this year’s report

and for their ongoing commitment to swimming provision in the UK.

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