UNCLE TOBYS Big Splash Swimathon

The UNCLE TOBYS Big Splash Swimathon is a national fundraising event held in swimming pools across Australia to help raise funds for the Royal Life Saving Society - Australia to reduce child drowning.

Drowning remains one of the largest causes of accidental death in Australian children. More than 50 children aged between 1 and 15 drown every year.

UNCLE TOBYS is proudly working together with the Royal Life Saving Society - Australia to help make a difference and change these statistics, with the implementation of the Royal Life Saving Swim and Survive Drowning Prevention Strategy.

The Royal Life Saving Swim and Survive Drowning Prevention Strategy aims to increase:

Awareness - Raise awareness of the importance of swimming and water safety education to children's long term health and safety.
Access - Ensure that children don't miss out because of their background. Key targets are children living in at risk communities including indigenous, culturally and linguistically diverse, and rural and remote communities.
Pathways - Provide scholarships for enthusiastic people to become swimming and water safety instructors to eliminate instructor supply as a barrier to swimming and water safety education.
Research - Initiate new research on the causes of drowning in Australian children aged 3 to 10 years old and the issues affecting drowning in adolescents and young adulthood.

THANK YOU AUSTRALIA FOR MAKING A BIG SPLASH!

45 BIG SPLASH SWIMATHON EVENTS HELD BETWEEN OCTOBER 2009 AND APRIL 2010!

OVER 1,000 SWIMMERS MADE THEIR BIG SPLASH!

OVER $50,000 RAISED FOR THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING 'SWIM AND SURVIVE' DROWNING PREVENTION STRATEGY - THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TOWARDS HELPING AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN LEARN TO SWIM AND SURVIVE!

OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS!

QLD Big Splash prize winner - Michelle Pitkin NSW Prize Winner Heidi Duffey
Michelle Pitkin - National Award Winner Heidi Duffey - NSW State Award Winner