Working Together For A Safe Community Over The Summer
As we approach the warmer summer months, we urge parents to be vigilant while their children enjoy swimming in our public aquatic centres. Whilst BlueFit promotes water safety messages year-round, we are stepping up our efforts over the summer months to raise awareness of the importance of parental supervision in public pools. It is important […]
Royal Life Saving WA Launches Aqua Skills 55+ Program
Royal Life Saving WA recently launched their Aqua Skills 55+ program at Belmont Oasis! The popular program teaches participants vital swimming and lifesaving skills to help them stay safe around water. With the most recent Royal Life Saving National Drowning Report stating that more than half (52%) of those who fatally drowned in WA last […]
Staying Water Safe in Winter
We don’t often associate beach days and time at the pool with winter but our cooler months are when we need to be extra vigilant when it comes to water safety. Much cooler water temperatures and heavier clothes can put swimmers in a dangerous position if they were to ever fall into a body of […]
Royal Life Saving Shows Concern With Fall in Swimming Lesson Enrolments
There is fear that due to COVID-19, it may have created a generation of non-swimmers who will never learn how to be safe around the water, warn experts. The peak of swimming lessons in Australia is September just before the beginning of the summer season, however, this year enrolments at swimming schools across Australia dropped […]
