Tuesday, 25th April 2017
As part of National Water Safety Week, Pendle Leisure Trust will be working with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service to deliver water safety information to Pendle primary schools.
This week, local fire-fighter Chris Walton, from Nelson Fire Station, will visit two of the Trust’s leisure centres to work with staff and swimming instructors to educate schoolchildren in vital water safety skills that will help keep them safe around open water.
Chris will spend a number of days at Pendle Wavelengths in Nelson and West Craven Sports Centre in Barnoldswick, in a bid to reach as many youngsters as possible.
In various hands-on sessions, the schoolchildren will learn numerous life-saving skills and swimming techniques, shown a reach rescue/throw and rescue and taught how to dial 999.
Pendle Leisure Trust’s Swimming Co-ordinator, Christine Britton, said: “We will be raising awareness of the importance of learning to swim; increasing knowledge of staying safe in and around water; providing an understanding of the actions to take in the event of discovering someone in difficulty in the water and basic first aid.
“We are doing it now in the lead up to the warm weather when it is tempting to cool off in a lake, river or reservoir.”