Water Safety Open Day 2023 and 2024
Tuesday 25th of July 2023
In recognition and support of the global advocacy World Drowning Prevention Day, Water Safety Scotland (WSS) and partners host an annual Water Safety Open Day at Helix Park, Falkirk.
World Drowning Prevention Day is held on July 25 every year and this year’s open day aims to build on the success of last year’s inaugural event. The key focus of the event is to raise awareness of water safety amongst as many members of the public as we can and to foster an increased knowledge of the potential dangers around water, and what to do in an emergency. As well as this, we want to actively encourage people to take part in water-related activities in a safe and enjoyable manner.
Photographs: Paul Watt Photography
Water Safety Scotland, thanks to generous funding and support from Scottish Water, RoSPA, SFRS, Falkirk Council, Police Scotland and Scottish Canals, will be hosting this year’s free event from 11am to 3pm. We will have information stands, demonstrations and activities for children and young people, all with the aim of raising awareness of water safety and drowning prevention. There will be competitions running on the day too, with the chance to win some great prizes.
Come along to support the day and spread the word to colleagues, friends and family!
Thursday 25th of July 2024
World Drowning Prevention (WDP) Day is an international day that aims to raise awareness of the public health issue of drowning and highlight means of drowning prevention.For the third year in a row, Water Safety Scotland, alongside several partners such as Scottish Water, SFRS, The Darcey Sunshine Foundation and RoSPA hosted a Water Safety Open Day on the 25th of July in Support of WDP day.
This year the Water Safety Open Day took place at Loch Lomond Shores in Balloch. At this event, there were taster activities such as SUP, and canoeing led by our partners and avaible for attendees to take part in. Moreover, there were around 30 stands hosted by WSS partners. According to Loch Lomond Shores, around 3.6k people came to the site that day. The weather held out for us and the day was a success all round.
