Swimming is an important life skill everyone should learn.
Did you know:
- In the UK and Ireland drowning takes an average of 312 lives each year.
- More than 46% never intended to be in the water.
- Over 55% of parents surveyed said they would not be confident their child would know what to do if they fell into open water.
- 1 in 3 of those surveyed said that their swimming abilities limited the activities they could do.
- 62.4% of accidental drownings happen at inland water.
- Around 44% of accidental drownings happen between May and August.
- It is estimated that close to 2 million children have missed out on school swimming lessons in England alone, since the start of the pandemic.