Every Child a Swimmer: Water safety and swimming lessons - UK

Every Child a Swimmer: Water safety and swimming lessons – UK

Charity:
Epic Partners

A community based charity that uses support, networks and diversionary activities to enrich the lives of children, young people and families.

Country

UK

Start Year:

2018

Run Time:

2 years

Participant Age:

6-11 years

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Building on the success of the ALMT-funded Every Child a Swimmer (ECAS) project, the purpose of this project is to enable children of primary school age to be safe in and around water, increasing their awareness of water safety, swim survival and rescue skills, with the overall aim of reducing drowning incidences amongst children in/from the St Ann’s and Sneinton area. EPIC Partners have worked in this community for many years and are aware that young children are often cared for by older siblings, many of these aged around 11 years. EPIC Partners believe it is vital that these children are equipped with the appropriate skills to ensure that younger siblings are kept safe from harm when around water.

The project aims to roll out the ECAS model into further primary school in the St Ann’s and Sneinton area, reaching a further 160 children. The project strives to create opportunities for families to swim together for free and to offer the drowning prevention resources to schools currently working with Epic.

The project offers the following: Two-week intensive swimming block to work on water safety, swim survival and safe rescue skills and to enable children to swim more confidently. School resources to complement the practical swim sessions and increase water safety awareness and knowledge. Water safety presentations to schools via assemblies. SABL (Save a Baby’s Life) workshops for parents. Free family swim sessions staffed by Epic swim teachers. Weekly ‘Rookie Lifeguard’ sessions for children. Lifeguard and teaching qualifications for staff and young volunteers. Holiday fun splash sessions for families in the area.

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