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World’s Largest Swimming Lesson to return on 22nd June

World’s Largest Swimming Lesson to return on 22nd June
February 22, 2017

The World Waterpark Association has announced that the 2017 edition of the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL) will take place on Thursday 22nd June.

This eighth edition of the global event and Team WLSL™ will be setting its sights on a new goal – reaching more than one billion with the message Swimming Lessons Save Lives™ by 2019.

Local WLSL events take place at hundreds of locations in more than 20 different countries on five continents over the course of 24 hours providing children and parents with exposure to life-saving water safety skills while build awareness about the vital importance of teaching children to swim to prevent drowning.

Founded in 2010, WLSL sees the World Waterpark Association works with dozens of life-saving and drowning prevention organisations to support a mission to spread the message Swimming Lessons Save Lives™ because:

• The problem is real: Drowning remains the leading cause of unintended, injury related death for U.S. children aged between oen and four years, and the second leading cause for children under 14; drowning is an even greater threat in other countries around the world.
• Many lack basic swimming skills: In 2014, a survey completed by the American Red Cross found that more than half of all Americans (54%) either can’t swim or don’t have all of the basic swimming skills
• Parental supervision is key: According to Safe Kids Worldwide 2016 report, despite the fact that lack of supervision played a role in the majority of drowning deaths. less than half of parents (49%) indicate they remain within arms’ reach of their child in the water 

Since its inception, more than 195,000 children and adults have participated in WLSL lessons generating more than half a billion media impressions about the vital importance of learning to swim.

For more information go to www.wlsl.org

Australasian Leisure Management is a supporter of the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson.

14th September 2016 - 2016 WORLD’S LARGEST SWIMMING LESSON BREAKS RECORDS 

7th September 2016 - CHANNEL 9 BRISBANE NEWS REPORTS ON BENEFITS OF THE POSEIDON ANTI-DROWNING DETECTION SYSTEM

29th April 2016 - ORGANISERS ANNOUNCE NEW 24-HOUR WINDOW FOR THE 2016 WORLD’S LARGEST SWIMMING LESSON

28th April 2016 - NEW AUSTRALIAN WATER SAFETY STRATEGY RECOGNISES IMPACTS OF NON-FATAL DROWNING

4th August 2015 - WLSL 2015 ACHIEVES NEW (UNOFFICIAL) WORLD RECORD


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