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Keep Watch
Water is a fun and enjoyable environment for children. Time spent in the water assists in a child's physical and intellectual development. The ability to safely enjoy the water benefits us throughout life. Positive experiences begin from birth - bath time is the ideal introduction to the aquatic experience. Parents and carers can encourage children to feel comfortable in the water by playing and making bath time fun.
What is Keep Watch?
Keep Watch is a public education program of the Royal Life Saving Society Australia, aimed at preventing drowning deaths of children in all aquatic locations. There are four main strategies of the Keep Watch program that parents and carers of children are encouraged to undertake to prevent children from drowning.
Keep Watch Strategies
- Supervise your child
- Provide barriers to water locations
- Familiarise your child with water
- Learn resuscitation
How do I find out more about Keep Watch?
This website provides a range of information about Keep Watch and how you can help prevent your child or children in your care from drowning.
There is a brochure which you can download for quick information, or you can visit one of the web pages for the four main strategies/messages for Keep Watch of Supervise your child, Familiarise your child with water, Provide barriers to water locations, or learn resuscitation. We also have a range of fact sheets in English and other languages.
What can I do to promote Keep Watch?
There are a range of resources on this website for Community Health Workers, Politicians, Swim Schools and others interested in promoting Keep Watch.
Keep Watch Partner - PoolWerx
PoolWerx is a proud program Partner in Community Water Safety with Royal Life Saving and the Keep Watch Program.
"The PoolWerx sponsorship of Keep Watch is a very important one because the 250 PoolWerx franchises will help to get the Keep Watch message and literature directly into the hands of the home pool owner while they are on-site providing their top quality pool maintenance and enhancement," said Royal Life Saving CEO Rob Bradley.
PoolWerx Corporation CEO, John O'Brien added "In targeting Australian backyard pools as safe, healthy swimming environments, it means we can contribute not only dollars, but also experience and expertise from our National network. If we can help save the life of just one little one - well, how do you put a price on that?"
