Newton Abbot College staff will be taking on the challenge to complete 25 miles on a Stand Up Paddleboard in aid of Above Water.

 
Above Water sends teachers who are qualified lifeguards into schools to teach and promote adventurous water activity, provide water safety education, teach drowning prevention techniques and aquatic first aid.
It is totally FREE for a school to book a visit by Above Water.

 Lifeguards deliver whole school assemblies, single lessons, all day activities, after school parent water safety awareness & first aid and much, much more! Above Water is passionate about educating children in water safety and believes the best way to guard against drowning is to educate by sending professional open water beach lifeguards into schools.

 
Using their own E.S.C.A.P.E WATER programme to comprehensively deliver drowning prevention and water awareness to local communities. The E.S.C.A.P.E WATER programme framework- •
EDUCATION to understand water and its surrounding environment
SWIMMING & SURVIVAL to protect yourself in water
CONFIDENCE in and around water
AID first aid/life-saving skills from the effects of water
PREVENTION all the skills you need when near water
ENJOYMENT & the ENVIRONMENT fun in the water, for now and in the future