The Outdoor Swimming Society (OSS) is a UK-based non-profit founded in 2006 to promote outdoor and wild swimming.[1][2] It claims to have over 200,000 members in 66 countries.[3]
The Outdoor Swimming Society was founded by Kate Rew, whose book Wild Swim (2008) contributed to the resurgence of interest in wild swimming in the UK.[4][5]
Activities
editIn 2006, OSS launched a website mapping outdoor swimming spots in the UK. The website was taken down during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The organization campaigns for what it describes "right to swim" for swimming access to public waters including by organizing direct actions including trespassing.[7][8][9][10] The OSS organizes outdoor swims as fundraising activities.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Coldwell, Will (19 September 2021). "In at the deep end: the activists plunging into the wild swimming campaign". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Ruck, Joanna; Rose, Katherine; Olmos, Antonio; Thomond, Christopher; Levene, David (22 June 2021). "The longest swim: solstice wild swimmers around the UK – photo essay". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Society, Outdoor Swimming; Pearson, Beth (1 December 2023). "The OSS Year". Outdoor Swimming Society. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Society, Outdoor Swimming. "The OSS Manifesto". Outdoor Swimming Society. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Rosee Woodland (22 April 2024). ""The right to swim is not just legal permission" – the wild swimmers planning their own Kinder trespass". advnture.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Antonia (2 June 2020). "Wild swimming site removes online map to ease overcrowding". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Is it safe to swim in reservoirs?". www.countryfile.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Rosee Woodland (30 April 2024). ""The argument we're all going to drown the minute we get in is ridiculous"- swimmers take to the water to fight reservoir ban". advnture.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Why did hundreds of swimmers dip in this historic reservoir?". euronews. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Pidd, Helen; editor, Helen Pidd North of England (23 April 2022). "The right to swim: mass trespass of Kinder reservoir planned". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
{{cite news}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Hundreds join endurance Dart river swims". BBC News. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Swimmers take a festive dip". 31 December 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2024.