Work in the golf industry?

We offer golf clubs and tournaments FREE sun protection resources to raise awareness of sun protection for ALL.

Whilst golf improves well-being and has obvious health benefits, golfers tend to play for four or more hours in the sun, which without adequate protection, increases the risk of skin cancer.

Providing sun protection advice and sunscreen in your club, or at your tournament, supports your duty of care for both members and staff, and we can make it easy.

About our campaign

Slip! Slap! Swing! is the UK’s leading sun protection campaign for golf. Widely supported by the golf industry, it aims to educate and create better habits to help keep skin cancer OFF the fairway.

Getting ‘Sun Protection Accredited’ is now FREE and offers a toolkit of resources and benefits, making implementation easy and effective, protecting the health and wellbeing of your staff, members, and clients all summer long.

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NEW for 2024

Protect & profit!

All accredited golf clubs receive a discounted rate on sunscreen products making it easy and profitable to stock sunscreen in your pro shop. from 100ml tubes to sun boards dispensing 1Ltr bottles, a £25 minimum order and FREE delivery, the question is if not, why not?

For further details click HERE

Golf Clubs

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Toolkit includes:

    • Poster
    • Leaflet
    • Social media graphics
    • Sun protection tips and advice sheet
    • Skin cancer facts sheet
    • Sun protection statement
    • Skin specialist support
    • Accreditation sticker
    • Accreditation certificate

Tournaments

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Toolkit includes:

    • Poster
    • Leaflet
    • Social media graphics
    • Sun protection tips and advice sheet
    • Skin cancer facts sheet
    • Sun protection statement
    • Accreditation sticker
    • Accreditation certificate

Golf tour operators

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Toolkit includes:

    • Social media graphics
    • Sun protection tips and advice sheet
    • Skin cancer facts sheet
    • Sun protection statement
    • Accreditation sticker
    • Accreditation certificate

FAQ's

What you NEED to know!

Already accredited?

We recommend you re-register each spring. It takes minutes, ensures we have your updated contact details, and importantly, that you are displaying an up-to-date toolkit.

Protect & profit:

Accredited members receive a discounted rate onall our sunscreen products from our A1 sunboard dispensers to the100ml tubes which are ideal for your pro shop, with no minimum order and FREE delivery.

For further details click HERE

Support & protect!

If you are, or about becoming a club captain, why not support the Melanoma Fund? You’ll receive benefits such as a FREE sunboard/sunscreen, a skin check for members and staff, and one-to-one fundraising support to ensure your year is as successful as possible. For further details email: info@melanoma-fund.co.uk

Donate & prevent

Our resources are free, however as a charity we depend on donations to help keep us doing what we do. We are passionate about what we do, and together we can protect health and save lives. Please donate HERE – Thank you.

Donate

Golf clubs

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Accreditation will provide you with up-to-date resources to benefit the health and wellbeing of your staff, members, and visitors. Your club will become part of growing community within golf, helping to create national impact on skin cancer.

The following actions have been designed to help create awareness and improve attitudes and behaviour around sun protection in golf. Our question is, if not, why not?

(A link to our downloadable resources will be supplied to you by email following registration.)

YOUR ACTIONS

1

Add the sun protection statement and a link to the campaign on your webpage and in all communication.

2

Display the posters and leaflets in the clubhouse.

3

Endeavour to make sunscreen available either to purchase, or in complimentary dispensers.

(Click HERE for sunscreen support)

4

Display the accreditation logo and certificate in the club and promote your NEW status on your socials.

PLEASE NOTE: Your toolkit of downloadable resources will be supplied following registration.
*An accreditation window sticker will be posted out following receipt of your evidence form.
Get Sun Protection Accredited

Golf tournaments

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Accreditation will provide you with up-to-date resources to benefit the health and wellbeing of players, officials, and spectators. Your event will become part of growing community within golf, helping to create national impact on skin cancer.

The following actions have been designed to help create awareness and improve attitudes and behaviour around sun protection in golf. Our question is, if not, why not?

(A link to our downloadable resources will be supplied to you by email following registration.)

YOUR ACTIONS

1

Add the sun protection statement and a link to the campaign on your webpage and in all communication.

2

Display the posters and leaflets in the clubhouse.

3

Endeavour to make sunscreen available either to purchase, or in complimentary dispensers.

(click HERE for sunscreen support)

4

Display the accreditation logo and certificate at the event and promote your status on your socials.

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Golf tour operators

Get Sun Protection Accredited

If you work in golf tourism, becoming ‘Sun Protection Accredited’ will provide you with up-to-date resources to benefit health and wellbeing of your clients. By signing up you will become part of wider community within golf, helping to create national impact on skin cancer.

The following actions have been designed to help create awareness, and improve attitudes and behaviour around sun protection in golf, both home and abroad. Our question is, if not, why not?

(A link to our downloadable resources will be supplied to you by email following registration.)

YOUR ACTIONS

1

Add the resource sheet on your ‘golf travel information’ page (or similar) via a link, or in whole.

2

Share the sun protection statement with clients at time of booking, providing a link to our resources or the information on their website.

3

Display the accreditation logo and certificate and promote the Slip! Slap! Swing! campaign and your involvement in your regular communications and socials.

Get Sun Protection Accredited

Get Skin Savvy

We promote awareness all year round. In spring/summer we urge everyone get ‘sun savvy’ and remember sun protection, and in autumn/winter we focus on getting ‘skin savvy’, educating on a regular skin checking routine.

When

A round can lead to prolonged sun exposure when UV levels are at their strongest, typically between 11.00am-3.00pm, from March to October.

Where

Courses provide little shade, and highly UV reflective surfaces.

How

Players tend to avoid reapplying sunscreen due to lapsed habits, and to avoid a ‘greasy grip’, as a result of sunscreen application.