Over 76,000 children have a good time Be taught to Swim Month

Leisure Trusts throughout Scotland mark month-long celebration

Studying to swim is being celebrated all through September in Scotland as a part of a county-wide initiative.

Swimming will take centre stage in September as native authorities, leisure trusts, and aquatic suppliers throughout Scotland coordinate a month of festivities centred round swimming to encourage folks of all ages and skills to change into protected and assured swimmers.

The Be taught to Swim nationwide framework – a partnership between Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water – has already seen greater than 100,000 youngsters participate in classes up and down the nation and is focusing on one other 100,000 by 2025.

On the centre of the celebrations is the dedication of making supportive and high quality environments through which folks of all ages can be taught to swim no matter their age, means, or ability stage.

A complete of 38 Leisure Trusts and Aquatic Suppliers at the moment are welcoming youngsters again after the summer season holidays in additional than 163 swimming pools throughout Scotland.

Euan Lowe, Chief Govt Officer at Scottish Swimming, mentioned: “Studying to swim is a vital life ability and it’s so essential that each particular person throughout Scotland has the chance to discover ways to be assured and protected within the water.

Duncan Scott and Toni Shaw, Be taught to Swim ambassadors and swim superstars who each just lately achieved success on the World Championships, are championing the month and proceed their good work to assist to encourage and encourage children throughout the nation to take to the water and be taught to swim.

Brian Lironi, Director of Company Affairs with Scottish Water, mentioned: “Our imaginative and prescient for the Be taught to Swim programme is to create ‘Era Swim’, a era of protected and competent swimmers, who may even get to expertise the broader well being and social advantages that swimming can provide.

“Everybody ought to be capable to get pleasure from Scotland’s miles of rivers, lochs, reservoirs and shorelines safely and with confidence – so it’s sensible to have a month devoted to such a basic life ability.” 

Be taught to Swim is a Nationwide Framework dedicated to creating supportive and high quality environments through which youngsters can be taught to swim no matter their age, means, or ability stage. It goals to develop protected and competent swimmers, in addition to encouraging children to undertake a wholesome and fulfilling way of life with sport and enjoyable at its coronary heart to achieve their full potential each within the pool and out.  

For extra info on the Be taught to Swim programme, go to https://learntoswim.scot/