Water Skills for Life is a water skills-based programme incorporating 23 core in water skills and 8 theory-based skills for life-long water safety.
Since its inception in 2011, over 1.38 million lessons have been delivered impacting over 100,000 school-aged tamariki across Tāmaki Makaurau.
Aktive coordinates Water Skills for Life funding for:
For eligible schools/kura, this covers eight professionally delivered Water Skills for Life lessons to help tamariki keep themselves safe in, on and around water.
When applications are open, available funds will be allocated on a first-in, first-served basis to schools and kura within the greater Auckland area, excluding those within the Old Manukau City Council boundaries which are supported by The John Walker Find Your Field of Dreams Foundation.
Note: A signed Funding Agreement must be completed prior to lessons commencing. Funding will not be provided if lessons are provided without a signed Funding Agreement.
Water Skills for Life lessons can also be taught in a classroom. To give teachers confidence and the necessary knowledge about aquatic education, free professional development is available through Drowning Prevention Auckland.