The Wales' Drowning Prevention Strategy sets out a shared approach to reducing drowning incidents and improving water safety across Wales.
Every year, lives are lost in incidents that have a devastating impact on families, friends and communities. Around one person loses their life to drowning each week in Wales.
What is Wales' Drowning Prevention Strategy?
Wales' Drowning Prevention Strategy provides a framework for collective action across Wales. Bringing together organisations, communities and individuals, it sets out an approach to reducing drowning incidents, improving water safety and working towards a future where everyone can be safe in, on and around water.
No single organisation can prevent drowning alone. The strategy brings together partners across Wales to drive collaboration, education, awareness and evidence-led action.
How we will get there
The strategy is built around seven strategic aims that will guide action across Water:
Together, these aims will help create safer experiences in and around water in Wales.
Everyone has a role to play
Everyone has a role to play in improving water safety across Wales.
Whether you're a parent, teacher, community organisation, partner or member of the public, by working together, we can increase awareness, strengthen education and support safer experiences around
water.
Together, we can work towards zero drownings.
Read the strategy
Download Wales' Drowning Prevention Strategy
Download the Annex Data Tables
Download our infographic
