The main focus of the campaign is to promote having fun in, on and around water, whilst keeping safe. You don’t need to be reckless to have fun in the water and a few simple considerations can protect you and prevent drowning. Life saving is a fun activity to get involved in and can help you to make a difference in your local community.

Life saving clubs across the UK will be celebrating the week by holding water safety events and demonstrating life saving techniques to the general public.

Commenting on National Water Safety Awareness Week, Jane Cooper, Communications and Marketing Director at RLSS UK, said: “There are 10,000 volunteers in the UK, that work tirelessly to teach their local community about keeping safe in the water. We’d like to celebrate the work they do as well as encourage other volunteers to get involved.

“It is also vitally important to highlight the dangers of water and how people can avoid getting into difficulty.”

By simply remembering some basic tips from RLSS UK, you can ensure the people around you are kept safe around water this summer:

-    Teach your family to wave and shout if   they get into difficulty – practice this whilst treading water

-   Children need to know not to enter the water if someone else is in danger. Throwing a buoyant aid, stick, towel or whatever is at hand is the safest way to rescue a conscious person

-    If you see someone in trouble stay calm and try shouting for help. If no-one comes and you can’t reach the person call 999

For more information about National Water Safety Awareness Week and your nearest event, please visit www.lifesavers.org.uk