Drowning Prevention Week is an annual event started by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) that aims to raise awareness about water safety and promote measures to prevent drowning. Strategically organised for the beginning of the summer, this awareness week serves as a reminder to everyone to be safe and not take risks. A survey run for the RLSS in March 2022[i], found that 47% of accidental drownings occur between the months of May and August, with 87% of those being male. This alarming statistic is likely to be attributed, at least in part, to teenagers and young adults swimming in ponds, rivers and lakes on hot days during the summer. The RLSS aim to educate this demographic of the population of the dangers of open water swimming [ii]even if they believe themselves to be strong swimmers.

[i] https://www.rlss.org.uk/drowning-facts
[ii] https://www.rlss.org.uk/pages/category/open-water-safety-tips

If you have very young children, just starting their swimming journey, then Splash About have the resources to help you teach your child to swim. It is important to note, our learn to swim products are just that, they are not life saving devices, but they teach children how to learn this vital life skill.

Both our Floatsuits and Sleeved Floatsuits have a band of floats that fit around children’s torso. These provide buoyancy to help children gain their water balance. These floats can be removed so as your child gets better at swimming, the buoyancy provided by the suit decreases, until your child is swimming independently. As they don’t have restrictive armbands, children can learn swimming strokes whilst wearing the floatsuits and they are designed to hold them in the water in a position ready for swimming.

As with the Floatsuits, our Float Jackets have removable float bars that can be taken out to reduce buoyancy as the child’s skills develop. They offer the same learn to swim benefits, in a jacket design that is easy for parents to take on and off once their child is finished in the water.

Developed as a more compact learn to swim product, the Swim Vest has flat floats that cannot be removed. This makes it less bulky for packing and also extremely comfortable for children to wear all day around the pool. It will still hold children in the correct position for learning to swim, but the buoyancy cannot be adjusted.