Thank you so much for taking the time to read our story and our mission! Likkle Swimmers runs a summer program every year, teaching children from 3+ years to adults and so far we have taught over 500 children and adults to swim. All of these lessons are completely free to anyone wishing to join in.

In 2024, Treasure Beach was hit by a hurricane and currently our pool is out of use. We need your help to repair the pool, and rebuild our program so that we can deliver in 2025, and for future years.

Last summer, we were very fortunate that a few local hotels/villas were able to let us use their pools in the summer so we could run a small program. Next year, we need to raise £10,000 to repair and rebuild the pool, and another £5,000 so that we can run our summer program as usual in our pool. Pools are expensive to build, but even more so in Jamaica and we are desperate to not miss out for the summer of 2025.

You could be part of the reason for putting many smiles on 100's of childrens faces this summer...

A little bit of back story...

Likkle Swimmers started in 2017, after a friends partner drowned saving his 4 year old son in Treasure Beach. Charlotte is a keen swimmer and realised that so few people in the community could swim due to such little safe access to water, and a consequence was the number of lives the village had lost to the ocean. Realising this was a life-saving skill she could offer to the community, she decided to set up a charity and provide access to a local pool, funded by UNICEF.

The purpose of Likkle Swimmers is to provide free swimming lessons in a safe environment. The children will not only learn a skill that will save lives, but in doing so will also improve their self-confidence and independence, thereby benefiting the wider community. We want to take away the fear of water, and create fun!

Your donation will help towards:

-employing local Jamaicans as swim teachers, and pool assistants

-offering free transport to all children in the Treasure Beach area to and from their lessons, and employing drivers

-providing each child that swims with us a pair of shorts or swimming costume

-making sure that the children have access to all the swim equipment they need such as floats, goggles, swim caps, toys

-providing a t shirt to every child that takes part

-helping towards our very important maintenance costs of the pool to keep it safe for everyone

-helping towards first aid and lifesaving equipment so we can teach the community even further

but most of all, rebuilding the pool!

Thank you for all of your support, it really will make a difference to our small charity and help us reach an even larger amount of children!