After much campaigning, Weston’s marine lake has reopened. Volunteer group, the Mudlarks, organised for a dredger to spend a month in the lake removing the silt build-up that had made swimming impossible
A community group has launched a Crowdfunder project to transform an East London industrial site into community-owned natural swimming ponds and a biodiverse park.
Outdoor Swimmer’s website and magazine have got a new look this month. As well as new content, contributors and style, there are still all the favourites for new and existing subscribers.
Next Monday, June 22, is World Bathing Day and the Bathe the World Foundation is asking people across the globe to plunge in and raise awareness of the importance of water in our daily lives.
Each year it is estimated that a staggering 8,380 tonnes of wetsuits are discarded into landfills or incinerated across the globe. To help combat this environmental and wildlife emergency, Finisterre has teamed up with Circular Flow, which has devised the world’s first closed-loop neoprene regeneration scheme, to launch an innovative 100% recyclable neoprene partnership.
The energy crisis is hurting swimming pool operators up and down the country, with many fearing for their future, seriously impacting their ability to help their community enjoy water safely. Soaring fuel costs could herald a reduction in pool programmes and even threaten the closure of much loved and needed community pools.
This summer, help support ongoing research by reporting your marine animal sightings during your sea swims. The Marine Conservation Society’s long-running wildlife sightings project focuses on two key species which arrive on UK shores: jellyfish and, as a result, turtles. Both species are vital in supporting ocean biodiversity and are indicators of climate change while being at risk from its impacts.
Distance swimmer and marine biologist Nigel Downing (70) is taking on his second long-distance fundraising challenge in aid of aviation charity Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), after becoming the oldest Briton to complete the Strait of Gibraltar in 2015 at the age of 64.
Synchronised swimming is all about unity, and as part of the Penzance Arts Festival 2022, you can be a part of something spectacular: an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘largest number of people performing a synchronised swimming routine’ and raise funds for Unicef, Ukraine.
Find out how to register your interest and get involved.
After much campaigning, Weston’s marine lake has reopened. Volunteer group, the Mudlarks, organised for a dredger to spend a month in the lake removing the silt build-up that had made swimming impossible
A community group has launched a Crowdfunder project to transform an East London industrial site into community-owned natural swimming ponds and a biodiverse park.
After a fifty-year gap 300 swimmers took to the water in Inverness last weekend for the revival of the Kessock Ferry Swim.
Eden Project co-founder Sir Tim Smit has backed calls to restore the lido in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.
Outdoor Swimmer’s website and magazine have got a new look this month. As well as new content, contributors and style, there are still all the favourites for new and existing subscribers.
Around 400 UK and Irish citizens lose their lives each year through drowning. Many of those deaths are preventable.
Next Monday, June 22, is World Bathing Day and the Bathe the World Foundation is asking people across the globe to plunge in and raise awareness of the importance of water in our daily lives.
Each year it is estimated that a staggering 8,380 tonnes of wetsuits are discarded into landfills or incinerated across the globe. To help combat this environmental and wildlife emergency, Finisterre has teamed up with Circular Flow, which has devised the world’s first closed-loop neoprene regeneration scheme, to launch an innovative 100% recyclable neoprene partnership.
The energy crisis is hurting swimming pool operators up and down the country, with many fearing for their future, seriously impacting their ability to help their community enjoy water safely. Soaring fuel costs could herald a reduction in pool programmes and even threaten the closure of much loved and needed community pools.
This summer, help support ongoing research by reporting your marine animal sightings during your sea swims. The Marine Conservation Society’s long-running wildlife sightings project focuses on two key species which arrive on UK shores: jellyfish and, as a result, turtles. Both species are vital in supporting ocean biodiversity and are indicators of climate change while being at risk from its impacts.
Distance swimmer and marine biologist Nigel Downing (70) is taking on his second long-distance fundraising challenge in aid of aviation charity Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), after becoming the oldest Briton to complete the Strait of Gibraltar in 2015 at the age of 64.
Synchronised swimming is all about unity, and as part of the Penzance Arts Festival 2022, you can be a part of something spectacular: an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘largest number of people performing a synchronised swimming routine’ and raise funds for Unicef, Ukraine. Find out how to register your interest and get involved.