Water Safety Should Be Crucial Part of School Curriculum, MP Says

Loch Lomond warning to revellers as temperatures set to soar across Scotland

Police Scotland and partners relaunched Operation Ballaton - a summer initiative aimed at keeping visitors and communities safe across Balloch, Loch Lomond and surrounding areas.

Five ways to keep teenagers safe by the water

frederikloewer/ShutterstockAs temperatures soar around the UK and Ireland due to climate change, warnings about the dangers of drowning are being issued and one Labour MP is calling for water safety lessons to be made compulsory in schools. Teaching children to swim is essential, but it’s not enough to save them from drowning. Water safety is about judgement, impulse control, peer influence and understanding your limits. Peer pressure, social si…

Southampton MP calls for school water safety lessons after death of teen

An MP has urged the government to make water safety lessons part of the school curriculum after the death of a Southampton teen

Water safety should be crucial part of school curriculum, MP says

Darren Paffey said 150 children had lost their lives to drowning in the past three years

Water safety 'must be taught in schools' after child drownings on Bournemouth beach

A Southampton MP is spearheading a campaign for water safety lessons to be made compulsory in schools

Water Safety in Focus as Sunderland Backs National Drowning Prevention Campaign - Sunderland Magazine

Residents are being urged find out more about how to stay water safe this summer as part of the Royal Life Saving Society UK’s (RLSS UK) Drowning Prevention Week. The annual RLSS UK campaign is all about educating families, carers, teachers of children aged between five and 15 years old about water safety. Sunderland City Council is backing the campaign which runs from Saturday 14 to Saturday 21 June, to help raise awareness of the importance of…