Taupo District children will continue to benefit from free swimming and water safety lessons after Contact extended its support of the Contact Swim Well Taupo programme until the end of 2018.
The programme works with schools and aims to help children become confident around water so they can get out and enjoy our lakes and rivers safely. Over 17,000 children from years one to eight have enjoyed more than 123,000 free swimming lessons at the AC Baths in the past seven years.
AC Baths pools and activities operations manager Nigel Newbery said the programme helped raise awareness of water safety with young people.
"Thanks to Contact, we're the only programme in New Zealand able to deliver free swimming and water safety lessons to schools. The programme provides some great outcomes for children and is helping to reduce drownings in the district."
Nigel said the AC Baths team was over the moon about the partnership with Contact and was looking forward to teaching even more children about water safety over the coming years.
