Drowning Prevention Week

Drowning Prevention Week (DPW) is one of the largest summer water safety campaigns across the UK and Ireland.

Drowning Prevention Week (DPW) is our biggest campaign of the year, targeting families, carers, teachers and instructors of children aged five to fifteen years old with the aim of educating them about water safety.

The campaign is just around the corner and will run from 15 – 22 June so please mark the week in your calendars to get involved!

No child should drown, and with the right water safety education – such as knowledge of the Water Safety Code – accidental drownings are preventable. Drowning Prevention Week is deliberately timed ahead of the school summer holidays when children spend more time outdoors and when vital water safety skills can help keep children safe.

Please help us to spread the word this year and encourage everyone to have the water safety conversation with children. DPW is critical in raising awareness and encouraging the public to enjoy water safely.

For this week we’d like the following swimmers to bring;

• Minnows to wear t-shirts
• Goldfish & Otters t-shirt and shorts
• Seals upwards PJ bottoms and long sleeve tops