Press Releases

Garry Seghers (IFSTA President) was invited by Hue Help to assist with organising volunteers for the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) and their work to produce a presentation for the World Drowning Prevention Day on 25th July. Young ladies from Mary’s Home for Girls who are members of the Da…

This week, professionals from different countries gathered in Vietnam for a unique conference focused on swimming education, water safety and international collaboration. Four IFSTA members from Vietnam, Uganda, Malaysia and the Netherlands were also involved. The conference was organised by the RNLI, Royal Life Saving Society, Commonwealth Drowning Prevention and…

The next IFSTA annual conference will take place on Monday 13 January 2025 at the Scandic Star Hotel in Lund, Sweden. (More details to follow shortly). Our annual meeting will be held following The World Aquatic Development Conference on 9-12 January 2025. Should you also wish to attend the The…

Vietnam Swimming & Lifesaving Company attended the World Conference on Drowning Prevention in Perth Australia, December 2023. Prior to the conference Graham Buckley and Garry Seghers took part in the sea swimming event on Rottnest Island and met the local inhabitants the Quokka pictured here with Garry. Garry was also…

Planning for the IFSTA Annual Meeting is progressing well. This is being held in conjunction with SWIMCON23 on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia. The theme for this convention is ‘Supernova’ and it’s going to be the showcase event of the year for swimming coaches, teachers and swim school operators.…

The Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation (PCMF) celebrated its 10th anniversary. It has benefited over 1 million people, through over 510 projects in 43 countries on water safety, swimming and sports. Greece has contributed to this success, by training 20,300 and raising awareness to another 119,000 people through various means,…

The 6 monthly IFSTA meeting took place on Tuesday 22 November 2022. All countries who attended updated everyone on what they had accomplished in the past 12 months in terms of increasing swimming teaching standards.

This week is Swim Safer week in Australia (and New Zealand). This was launched on all TV networks, a huge number of radio stations, print media and on socials media in both New Zealand and Australia. Click the links below for further information: Swim Safer - Australia  Swim Safer -…