Royal Life Saving Society is a worldwide organization that works to educate the public in water safety and other lifesaving matters. The society sets courses of class instruction, swimming, and lifesaving. Instructors who have earned the society’s diploma visit schools and clubs to operate these courses. The four larger branches of the society in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom have programs of instruction and award a bronze medallion to people who pass tests in lifesaving. In other Commonwealth countries, smaller branches, called member branches, have their own award programs. The Royal Life Saving Society was established in London in 1891. It has headquarters in Alcester, Warwickshire.
