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Drowning Prevention Week
The importance of teaching children to swim is being highlighted in a new campaign as part of Drowning Prevention Week.
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Cornish mum talks about how swimming lessons saved her daughter's life
A mum from Cornwall has told ITV News how swimming lessons helped to save her daughter's life. Tollana Shearn-Reeves was only two when she fell into a pond - but already she knew how to stay afloat.
The importance of teaching children to swim is being highlighted as part of Drowning Prevention Week, as Kathy Wardle reports.
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Tollana's life was saved by lessons at just 12 weeks
The importance of teaching children to swim is the focus of Drowning Prevention Week
Tollana Reeves-Shearn from West Cornwall fell into a deep pond near Camborne. But she managed to swim to the surface after taking lessons from just 12 weeks old. Her Mum Ellie is now training to become a swim instructor herself.
The importance of teaching children to swim highlighted by Drowning Prevention Week
Drowning is now the third highest cause of accidental death in children. Tollana Reeves-Shearn from West Cornwall fell into a deep pond near Camborne. But she managed to swim to the surface after taking lessons from just 12 weeks old.
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Tollana's life was saved by lessons at just 12 weeks
400 people die from drowning every year and it's now the third highest cause of accidental death in children.