Media
Water Safety Scotland welcomes media enquiries about all aspects of water safety. We have a range of expert spokespeople available across Scotland.
We are happy to provide information, give comment or analysis and write articles to better inform the public about water safety in Scotland.
To contact us, please use our contact form here or email to info@watersafetyscotland.org.uk. Alternatively please send your query in an email to pressoffice@rospa.com.
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Press Releases
Please read some of our previous press releases:
2024
| Title | Author | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Water Safety Scotland issues alcohol safety and winter safety advice and resources |
WSS | Winter safety | 18th December 2024 |
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Scottish Parliament to host event to celebrate 10 years of Water Safety Scotland’s impact |
WSS | Parliament event | 11th December 2024 |
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Accidental Drownings in Scotland Down 10%, Water Safety Scotland Review finds |
WSS | Drowning Prevention Strategy | 21st November 2024 |
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Water Safety Scotland to Launch DIR Dashboard for Enhanced Drowning Prevention data |
WSS | DIR | 8th October 2024 |
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Water Safety Scotland returns to host Free World Drowning Prevention Day Event |
WSS | Water safety open day 2024 | 22nd July 2024 |
| WSS | 2023 Trend Report | 30th May 2024 | |
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Stay off the ice to save your life says Water Safety Scotland |
WSS | Ice Safety | 10th January 2024 |
2023
| Title | Author | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSS | Water safety open day 2023 | 24th July 2023 | |
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Water Safety Scotland produces series of advice codes for water users |
WSS | Advice | 8th June 2023 |
| Water-based deaths decreased in 2022, reports Water Safety Scotland | WSS | 2022 Trend Report | 18th May 2023 |
| Scotland’s Drowning and Incident Review becomes available across Scotland | WSS | DIR | 2nd May 2023 |
2022
| Title | Author | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Safety Scotland urges public to stay safe around water | WSS | Hot Weather, Safety Notice | 15th July |
| Water Safety Scotland to host Free World Drowning Prevention Day Event | WSS | Drowning Prevention Day | 28th June |
| Water-based deaths increased in 2021 from previous year, reports Water Incident Database | WSS | WAID Statistics | 29th April |
| Water Safety Scotland launches new education resources for schools | WSS | Educational Resources, Notice | 26th April |
2021
| Title | Author | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Safety Scotland urges people to take precautions as incident data shows an increase in water-related fatalities | WSS | WAID Statistics | 20th May |
| Water Safety Scotland launches new education resources for schools | WSS | Educational Resources, Notice | 24th July |
Archive
| Title | Author | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figures reveal number of drowning deaths in Scotland in 2019 | WSS | WAID Statistics | 10 June 2020 |
| Preventing Future Fatalities | WSS | Drowning Prevention Strategy, Report | 05 March 2020 |
| Progress being made on drowning prevention in Scotland | WSS | WAID Statistics, Report | 03 May 2019 |
| Pupils learning about drowning prevention as part of new initiative | WSS | Drowning Prevention, Report | 20 June 2018 |
| Minister hosting roundtable to explore reduction of drowning across Scotland | WSS | Meeting, Report | 7 June 2018 |
| Drop in drowning deaths is encouraging but more must be done, says Water Safety Scotland | WSS | Notice | 7 June 2018 |
| Scotland’s first Drowning Prevention Strategy aims to cut deaths by half | WSS | Notice | 30th Jan 2018 |