Water & Leisure Information Sheets

For the latest advice and guidance on water and leisure safety topics. If you cannot find what you are looking for below please contact us.

Water Safety

PDF

Featured Information

Bath Seats and Child Drowning

30kb

Watersports Safety Abroad
Know some basic ways to determine which watersport operators have your safety in mind.

Child Holiday Swimming Pool Safety
Over the last six years 30 UK children under the age of 10 have drowned in holiday swimming pools abroad.

Trampoline Safety
Trampolining can be enjoyed safely if a few simple guidelines are followed.

Mini Moto Safety
Advice for parents considering buying mini motorbikes, gopeds, monkey bikes, quad bikes etc.

"Tombstoning - A giant leap into the unknown" (PDF format only 264kb)
This article discusses the risks of the activity known as tombstoning and looks at what controls measures are appropriate.
©RoSPA Staying Alive, November 2007

Buoyancy Aids

Child Holiday Swimming Pool Safety

39kb

Group Safety at the Water Margins (PDF format only)

427kb

Ice Safety

55kb

National Water Safety Signs (PDF format only)

151kb

Pond & Garden Water Safety

235kb

Pond Dipping

179kb

Summer 2007 floods: Sources of information

Taking Children Swimming

53kb

UK Drowning Statistics

Vehicles in Water

185kb

Water Safety for Children and Young People

239kb

Water Safety Signs

Watersports Safety Abroad

87kb

Weil's Disease (Leptospirosis)

104kb

Leisure Safety	PDF
Bouncy Castles
Charity Walks - Road Safety Advice
Cycling Safety Fact Sheets
Fireworks Advice and Information
Heely Safety	180kb
Home Play Equipment
Lightning	186kb
Mini Motos	50kb
Paintball information	76kb
Scooters	90kb
Skateboarding Safety	40kb
Snowsports
Trampoline Safety	47kb

Water and Leisure Safety Journal Articles	Date	PDF
Cars and water...avoiding a tragedy	Feb 2008	173kb
Start the Lewis way (karting safety)	Feb 2008	348kb
Tombstoning - a giant leap into the unknown	Nov 2007	264kb
New guide aids rescue (public rescue equipment)	Nov 2007	225kb
Potential perils of a pond	Aug 2007	88kb
Leisure Time - Management of safety in leisure/sport centres	Aug 2007	936kb
Bath Seats - Drowning of babies in bath seats: do they provide false reassurance?	Feb 2005	79kb
© RoSPA. Articles published in RoSPA journals including The RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, Staying Alive, and Care on the Road can be accessed online.

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