Parenting Australia

Water and Bath Safety - A Royal Life Saving alert

But please, always Keep Watch and never leave your child alone in the bath.  Every year Royal Life Saving issues a “Zero Drowning Challenge” with the launch of the National Drowning Report, yet last year tragically 6 young children drowned in bathtubs.

Take everything you or your children need at bath time into the bathroom. Ignore that ringing phone or that knock at the door and make sure nothing is left cooking that may need your attention. Bath time can be and should be enjoyable for everyone. Playing in the bath is fun and the children become familiar with water through play. But remember to Keep Watch.

Finally I hope you all have seen the new Keep Watch Community Service Announcement
focusing on Pool Safety. This autumn and winter watch out for the Bath time Safety version.
So I ask again that you please watch the message, hear the message and action the message
to prevent your child from drowning.

Take care around water and have fun,
Sam Riley,
KEEP WATCH AMBASSADOR

KEEP WATCH SAFETY TIPS FOR BATH TIME
SAFETY TIP 1 Have Everything You Need & Never Leave
SAFETY TIP 2 Empty the Bath
SAFETY TIP 3 Water Familiarisation Begins in the Bath
SAFETY TIP 4 Learn Resucitation

REGULAR GIVING
On average one child under the age of five drowns every week in Australia. An often unknown fact is that for every child who drowns, there are at least three children admitted to hospital as victims of near drowning as a result of an immersion incident. Of this figure up to 20% will be affected by some degree of damage to the brain. The 2007 national drowning report, sadly, shows 35 children under the age of 5 drowned in Australia last year.
The Royal Life Saving Keep Watch campaign aims to educate parents and carers of young children on how to keep their children safe around water. Royal Life Saving raises funds to support this campaign to help arrest the toddler drowning rate in Australia.
Royal Life Saving has a regular giving program which gives supporters the chance to contribute to our extremely valuable work on a regular basis.  The regular giving program enables supporters to donate a regular amount via direct debit or their credit card each month and this donation is a tax deduction. This convenient way of giving saves you time and it saves Royal Life Saving money by reducing our administration costs and allows us to plan into the future.
If you are interested in participating in the regular giving program phone Jenny on 1300 733 778 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Your support will go towards preventing the tragedy of drowning, and will be very much appreciated.

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