Splash, no cash –free swimming initiative launched
Wednesday 1st April 2009

April saw the launch of over 1000 swimming pools offering free swimming for people aged 60 and over or 16 and under as part of a Government promise to help get two million people more active by the time London hosts the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.

A key part of the plan to ensure a long-term legacy from staging the Olympic and Paralympic games is the offer of more than 200 local councils providing free swimming for young people. All together it is estimated that twenty million people are eligible to swim for free, including those who can use pools in other areas if their own council is not participating in the scheme.