The Largs Community Resilience Team are running a Water Safety Event on the promenade in Largs to support Drowning Prevention Week.

Drowning Prevention Week, the national campaign run by the UK’s drowning prevention charity, the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), returns this week to help prevent drowning by raising awareness of the 400 people who lose their life to each year.

It aims to ensure everyone knows how to have fun and stay safe near water.

The Largs water safety event will provide information for people of all ages to give vital water safety information to stop preventable deaths.

The members are all trained in water safety and basic water rescue techniques such as the use of throw lines.

James Bertram – Coordinator of the Largs Community Resilience Team said: “Around 400 people needlessly die from drowning in the UK every year and thousands more suffer injury, some life-changing, through near-drowning experiences. Shockingly, one person dies every 20 hours in the UK and drowning is the leading cause of accidental death of children in the UK.

“We are proud to be supporting RLSS UK’s Drowning Prevention Week."

This event will include participation from Police Scotland, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, HM Coastguard, RNLI, Scottish Ambulance Service – First Responder Unit, North Ayrshire Council and the Largs Community Resilience Team.

The event will take place on the Largs Promenade, just south of the RNLI Station between 1pm–3pm on Sunday 26 June.

The resilience team are a group of 60 trained volunteers able to assist in various emergency situations ranging from severe weather to missing persons searches