{"id":44773,"date":"2025-04-24T14:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/?page_id=44773"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:01:00","slug":"splash-safety-at-your-pad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/splash-safety-at-your-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash Safety at Your Pad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Following the worrying findings from the Royal Life Saving Society UK\u2019s Child Drowning Update (September 2024) (RLSS UK), the national drowning prevention charity has created a new campaign to share helpful hints and tips around water safety at home.<\/p>

The report showed that in the last four years, on average, at least one child a month drowned at home in England. It also highlighted that 2 out of 3 drownings that occurred at home did so in the bath, and that most of the children affected were aged under five*.<\/p>

This \u201ctoad-ily awesome\u201d campaign will ribbit on twice a year, throughout the months of May and October, using a family-friendly froggy theme to communicate the findings of our research along with simple steps for splash safety at home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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During May, the campaign focuses on garden safety as we all start to enjoy the warmer weather, bank holidays and spend more time in our outdoor spaces at home again. 1 in 3 children that drowned at home did so in places like paddling pools, hot tubs and ponds; totalling 16 accidental deaths in just four years*.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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RLSS UK\u2019s 3 Top Tips to #EnjoyWaterSafely in the garden:<\/h4>

1. Supervision Keep young children within arm\u2019s reach when in or around water at home. Avoid distractions such as using a mobile phone, when children are playing near water.<\/p>

2. Prepare Get any towels, toys, nappies and dry clothing ready to go before your children are near the paddling pool.<\/p>

3. Prevent Always empty paddling pools and replace hot tub covers immediately after use. Make sure that garden gates are always locked and fences secure. Children under 5 should not use a hot tub.<\/p>

Don\u2019t frog-et, drowning can happen silently and in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Commenting on the campaign, Matt Croxall, Charity Director at RLSS UK, said: \u201cWe are pleased to introduce our Splash Safety at your Pad campaign, which aims to share important water safety messages with families across the UK and Ireland in a fun and engaging way.<\/p>

\u201cWe hope this campaign has a positive impact on families with young ones and can help promote fun and safe water play for all children.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>

For more information, advice and FREE downloadable resources to help your family with water safety in the home, please visit the Splash Safety at your Pad webpages on www.rlss.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>

Please also keep your eyes peeled on RLSS UK\u2019s social media channels for more! Instagram<\/a> | Facebook<\/a><\/p>

*Source: Royal Life Saving Society UK Consumer Survey, n=1,003 parents of children aged five years and under, (September 2024)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Following the worrying findings from the Royal Life Saving Society UK\u2019s Child Drowning Update (September 2024) (RLSS UK), the national drowning prevention charity has created a new campaign to share helpful hints and tips around water safety at home. The report showed that in the last four years, on average, at least one child a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":44784,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"event_categories":[],"class_list":["post-44773","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-27 09:56:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"event_categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44773"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49679,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44773\/revisions\/49679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=44773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}