Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Gary Johnson, an Australian lifeguard trainer and industry guru.   Todays topic is "Face Masks" and we are not talking about the ones we see at Halloween!!  Gary provides some fascinating insight into the history of resuscitation in Australia, 1960's risk free medical experiments, AED's, CPR Face Shields and finally Tamworths equivalent of "Red" in Back to the Future! A great listen for anyone who wants to understand the Australian perspective. Read the follow up blog on www.viewfromthepool.com  ..read more

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career.  This weeks podcast features Shandon Scott - a Kiwi adopted physiotherapist  from Northern Ireland. A casual Lifeguard from 16 years of age until the end of University, we talk about his early rugby career and setting up his own business before he swiftly  decided a move to New Zealand was the right one for him. Shandon takes us into his new world of free diving, representative rugby, Ne ..read more

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career.  This weeks podcast feature Alex Blackwell - Water Babies Group Head of Facilities and Operations in the UK Alex takes us on his journey from his local swimming club, to Lifeguard and onto the early days of CCT with DC Leisure.  His deep interest in technology and the minuetia of safety  systems led him to Group Lifeguard Manager before making his move to the RLSSUK Alex oversaw the dev ..read more

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Jo Talbot - Commercial Director of the RLSS UK.   In this episode we hear how Jo got into Lifeguarding and how her attention to detail probably was the reason that she was "nudged reluctantly" into Health and Safety. Jo takes us through her career steps from Group Lifeguard Manager with DC Leisure to the RLSS UK and her current role. We talk about 45,000 miles per year on the road, new contract start ups, the Save a Life Series, the challenges for the RLSS UK and their members during the pandemic, on-line training and CPD. We hear ..read more

This podcast concertinas two old friends fifty year journey into a 90 minute "fire side chat" - there should be something for everybody in this one! Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in conversation with Richard Hewitt MBE - Director and Partner in Thrive Consultancy practice. Richard was a childhood friend and neighbour, school class mate, University cohort and work colleague of Robins. Together they discuss their time as Lifeguards and the life lessons they learned then, but still used today. Whitehead Swimming Pool was a 1930's outdoor open air, tidal sea water pool which Richard managed for a f ..read more

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Helen Meckiffe - Head of Training for Right Directions and Australian Lifeguarding expert Gary Johnson. In this lively exchange we discuss and compare the differences between Lifeguarding protocols in the UK and Australia. What works and what doesn't, Lifeguard ratios, LZVT's, Layers of protection, mobile positions, Rescue Boards and  Architects to name but a few. Gary's personal relationship with the Bondi Rescue team thrilled Helen Technology was highlighted as we talk about the future.  All this and more before rounding up wi ..read more

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Andy Read, Head of Safety - Places Leisure. The conversation covers 80's leisure, CCT, the introduction of Automated External Defibrillators, (Andy is a member of the "I survived with some help from an  AED club"). We chat about his campaign to introduce more AED's into the community and finally discuss his new initiative to introduce protocols and make available, Leisure Centre's outdoor activity areas and car parks for the air ambulance to land on in an emergency ..read more

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career.  This weeks podcast features Gareth Kirk  who is the North of England and Northern Ireland Regional Director for GLL, the charitable social enterprise that operate leisure facilities and then some across the UK. We discuss Gareth’s day job where he oversees teams across Manchester, York, Newcastle, Cumbria, Preston and Belfast and the fun, games and frustrations he has around his   intera ..read more

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Helen Meckiffe - Head of Training for Right Directions Todays chat explores Helens journey from competitive swimmer, to Lifeguard, Duty Manager, General Manager and finally up to the present day, with a trip around the world thrown in for good measure. Plenty of shout outs from Helen on this one which was recorded just before Christmas. Establishing Helen's credentials perfectly and setting the scene for the next podcast in the series  alongside Gary Johnson  ..read more

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with David Monkhouse of  Leisure-net Solutions and active-net in the UK. Commencing with David's early days as a Lifeguard through to Leisure Manager, joining SLM, Y2K end of the world meetings (who remembers those?), IT expertise, Quest and eventually through to the formation of Leisure-net with business partner Mike Hill.  Forming a new Hockey Club, Petting Zoo's, Zoom, Covid and the vastness of Australia all get a mention along the way too ..read more