by Irene Sartorius | Jul 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Government has outlined the measures that will allow outdoor pools in England to reopen from 11 July 2020 and indoor gyms, swimming pools and sports facilities to reopen from 25 July 2020, ensuring millions of people can get back into more sport and fitness...
by Irene Sartorius | Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
The SAA are pleased to announce the launch of the new BDSG website (https://bdsg.org.uk/). This site is a major repository on all dive safety related matters, especially the Covid-19 section providing advice covering all aspects of diving. But this site is much...
by Steve Orange | Jul 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
As we see lockdown easing and thoughts turn to diving what should we be thinking about? Firstly what does the easing of lockdown mean – as I have seen written it doesn’t mean that the virus has gone away and we are now safe, it just means the NHS has the capacity to...
by SAA HQ | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will withdraw the guidance on boat diving in England on July 4th Thanks to lobbying from various National Governing Bodies the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today given...
by Steve Orange | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
We all know how important swimming pools are during the first few months of a novice divers’ training We are sure that many were surprised and disappointed when Prime Minister, Boris Johnson did not include swimming pools in the list of businesses that could...
by Steve Orange | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The BDSG have issued a release following an update to the DEFRA COVID-19 guidance on the use of boats. The British Diving Safety Group has noted the guidance issued earlier today (11th June 2020)by Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).DEFRA’s...
