Water Skills for Life

10/04/2026

A huge thank you to Water Skills for Life💙
This generous gift allowed us to upgrade our tech with two new computers. Better tools mean a bigger impact on water safety across Cambodia. We couldn’t do this without your support! 🤝✨

01/03/2026

School swimming carnivals have long been a milestone in childhood. But across Australia, there are growing concerns about declining swimming capability among primary school students.

In this article, Dr Amy Peden UNSW highlights what many in the water safety sector are seeing - too many children are struggling to demonstrate basic swimming and survival skills.

Royal Life Saving research reinforces this concern. Many children are not meeting essential safety benchmarks, including the ability to swim 50 metres and tread water for two minutes. These are not competitive standards - they are survival skills.
Swimming and water safety education is a cornerstone of drowning prevention. If participation and proficiency decline, risk increases.

Drowning is preventable. Skills matter. 💧

Read more: https://bit.ly/4s0Z52A

This article is republished from The Conversation Australia + NZ under a Creative Commons licence.

05/02/2026

Do you know a local senior who quietly gives so much to our community?

Nominations are open for the 2026 Wakehurst Local Seniors Achievement Awards.

Click the link to find the nomination form. Nominations close 5pm 21st February. https://www.michaelreganmp.com/nsw_seniors_festival_local_achievement_award_nominatio

Let’s give our amazing seniors the recognition they deserve.

20/01/2026

What a fabulous week of swim camp at Collaroy 12-16 January 2026. Thanks to all the volunteers who have been amazing helping deliver important water safety and swim skills. We all had fun and the children really enjoyed and learnt so much. Thanks for supporting us and we look forward to delivering another camp next summer. 🐬🐳🐬🐢

08/01/2026

Day 3 at Swim and survive camp Forster. We learnt more safe entries and how to use life jackets (PFD). The weather and water has been really lovely and everyone is enjoying learning.

06/01/2026

Day 2 of Swim and Survive Camp Forster was another fun day. Weather and water is perfect. We had a treasure hunt and learnt more water skills. Thanks to our wonderful volunteers Chris, Keryn, Alan and organiser Tanya for helping this week as we have 26 children attending.

See you all tomorrow for another fun pack day.

05/01/2026

05/01/2026

What an excellent start to Swim and Survive Camp at Forster ocean pool. Water was warm , kids were excited and volunteers ready to go.

Looking forward to a fun week of learning water safety and swimming 🐬🐢🐳

21/12/2025

19/12/2025

Merry Xmas to all our Turtles 🐢
21 Dec is our last lesson for the year.
Hope to see you all for fun in the pool.

Turtles returns 4 January 2026

11/12/2025

Shocking new statistics reveal a deadly gap in water safety skills as summer kicks into gear. 📌 MORE: 7news.link/4oYw5Ha

07/12/2025

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