The King Alfred Life Saving Club (RLSS) meets every Thursday from 8 - 10 pm at the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Brighton & Hove, England.


Our Club is always keen to welcome new members, so, if you live in Brighton, Hove, or surrounding areas, come along and meet us any Thursday evening. Ask for the lifesaving co-ordinator, who will be pleased to give you further information.

Life Saving Classes on Thursdays 8-10pm

Joining a class of 4 to 6 students, you will learn all aspects of Lifesaving, which includes resuscitation skills and basic first aid. As we run a rolling programme anyone can join the programme at any time but must complete all parts of the course to a satisfactory level before being entered into an assessment. Bring some unlined sports clothes to swim in.

We'll assess your swimming abililty when you join. This is fun and easy:

1. Jump or dive into deep water
2. Swim 100m continuously in 4 minutes
3. Tread water for 30 seconds
4. Surface dive to a depth of 1.5m
5. Climb out of the pool unaided

The end of the Bronze Medallion course is the beginning of your real training. You become a full member of the club with all the benefits. Ongoing training is essential if you are to refresh, develop and extend your skills. We also run training sessions in the sea during the summer months, so there is the opportunity to try skills you have learnt in an open water environment. If you have any questions simply email us now.

Life Support

Includes training in the following areas: CPR, rescue breathing, choking, shock, hypothermia and drowning.
Prerequisites: none, suitable for non-swimmers

Community Lifesaving Initiatives

Awareness programmes offering education in basic life support, first aid, treating medical conditions and water safety. Courses are available to all community groups and can be tailored to meet the needs of your group.

Rookies

Rookies is a programme for young people up to the age of 15. Skills taught include water safety, resuscitation and first aid. We teach self rescue skills and lifesaving rescue skills that will enable participants to respond effectively and safely in an emergency situation.

For details contact:
N. Knill 01273 593704 or
D. Simmonds 01273 597125
or simply email us.

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Bronze Medallion: Basic Survival and Rescues

Recognised as the flagship award for lifesaving the Bronze Medallion Award is designed to establish competent levels of knowledge on water safety combined with practical ability to effect a rescue in a variety of simulated open water conditions.
Prerequisites: Age 13+ and able to swim 400 metres (Life Support is included in this course)

Award of Merit: Advanced Survival and Rescues

This award is an extension of the Bronze Medallion, obtaining proficient levels of knowledge and practical ability covering further simulated open water rescue situations.
Prerequisites: Age 15+ and Bronze Medallion (Life Support is included in this course)

Distinction

The highest practical award of the RLSS requires excellent levels of knowledge and practical ability in a variety of rescue skills.
Prerequisites: RLSS Open Water Silver Cross, age 16+ and RLSS Award of Merit. (Life Support 3 is included in this course)

Swimming Proficiency for Air Cadets

This short course (based on Lifesaving 1-2-3) qualifies cadets for the three Swimming Proficiency Certificates of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It teaches basic survival swimming and lifesaving rescue skills. Cadets can then move on to the RLSS Bronze Medallion as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Prerequisites: Swimming Ability. This course is carried out in clothing, like overalls or tee-shirts and trousers, as specified in ACP 20A / ACTI 64.
A similar course is available for Army and Sea Cadets.

Water Safety for Schools

This programme introduces and promotes water safety awareness and provide education. Survival swimming and initiative games teach essential skills in a fun environment. It assists pupils to fulfil the water safety elements of the National Curriculum for Swimming. Recommended for Key Stage 2.

National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC)

This course is designed to equip teachers with adequate skills to minimise risk and to respond effectively to an emergency. It should be required for anyone teaching and coaching programmed swimming activities.
Prerequisites: Age 16+. swim ability: 20 metres on front and back, using recognised strokes and able to perform a surface dive.

Trainer / Assessor

Lifesaving Trainer Assessor courses enable you to become qualified for teaching lifesaving classes and assess for the various RLSS awards. This training is structured in several modules, both theory and water action.
Prerequisites: RLSS Bronze Medallion and RLSS membership.

Competitions

Once you have achieved your qualification, you may wish to join our competition team. There is a chance to enter Life Saving competitions at Club, Branch and National levels.
Prerequisites: RLSS Bronze Medallion and RLSS membership.