Life-saving swimming lessons offered to Lanarkshire youngsters

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A safety campaign is set to make a splash with Lanarkshire youngsters by offering life-saving swimming lessons this summer in a bid to teach water awareness skills.Around 70,000 children across Scotland will be offered the lessons during this year’s Drowning Prevention Week, organised by the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS), between July 18 and 25 as part of the acclaimed Learn to Swim programme - a partnership between Scottish Water and Scottish Swimming.Coming after day-to-day lessons were interrupted for almost two years due to the pandemic, it reflects an urgent ongoing commitment to help children to become confident and competent swimmers while improving water safety for a new generation of swimmers.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Brian Lironi, director of corporate affairs with Scottish Water, told Lanarkshire Live : “Given the disruption suffered to the provision of traditional lessons during the pandemic, it really is such a vital opportunity to develop generations of confident, safer, competent children and ensure they do not miss out on such an important life skill. “With the lifting of lockdown and other challenges facing households, it is likely many people will choose to staycation here in Scotland again this year, complete with the attraction of swimming at beauty spots and