Outdoor Swimming Society

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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]

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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]

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In 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Society, Outdoor Swimming; Pearson, Beth (1 December 2023). "The OSS Year". Outdoor Swimming Society. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Society, Outdoor Swimming. "The OSS Manifesto". Outdoor Swimming Society. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Antonia (2 June 2020). "Wild swimming site removes online map to ease overcrowding". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Is it safe to swim in reservoirs?". www.countryfile.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Why did hundreds of swimmers dip in this historic reservoir?". euronews. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ↑ 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)
  11. ↑ "Hundreds join endurance Dart river swims". BBC News. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Swimmers take a festive dip". 31 December 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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