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Right to Swim - Media Coverage

Click on the links below to view the coverage we have had in the press. Please send us any relevant articles by email, using the link at the bottom of the page.

Sunk by Safety ..	12/04/06 Copyright Daily Mail
Mum Carolyn ...	07/04/06 Copyright Kent Messenger
Swim rules ..	16/09/05 Copyright KM Extra
Pool Party ..	16/09/05 Copyright Kent Messenger
Protests force swim rules ..	13/09/05 Copyright BBC
ISRM Revised Guidelines	09/05 Copyright ISRM
Hansard 13/06/05	13/06/05 Copyright Hansard
Children ..	08/05 Copyright The Journal of the ISRM Vol 64 No 6
Parent Anger ..	23/06/05 Copyright The Sandwell Chronicle
Swimming pool rules ..	18/06/05 Copyright Sandwell Express & Star
Swimming Family ..	14/06/05 Copyright Sandwell Mail
Good news ..	06/05 Copyright Swimming Teachers Association Magazine
I'll hold Blair ..	27/05/05 Copyright Kent Messenger
Health Club Letters May ..	05/05 Copyright Health Club Management
Family swim rules ..	05/05 Copyright Downs Mail
Get new swim guidelines ..	04/05 Copyright Downs Mail
Swimming Regulations ..	03/05 Copyright Health Club Management
PM to Sort Out ..	03/05 Copyright Downs Mail
A step in the right direction ..	14/04/05 Copyright Gravesend Messenger
Swim Mum ..	25/02/05 Copyright KM Extra
Tell us where ..	22/02/05 Copyright South Wales Echo
Mums still ..	18/02/05 Copyright Kent Messenger
Blair pools ..	11/02/05 Copyright Dartford Messenger
PM gobsmacked ..	02/05 Copyright Downs Mail
PM Blair tackles ..	03/02/05 Copyright Dartford Messenger
Mum making waves ..	27/01/05 Copyright Kent Messenger
Raising kids ..	01/05 Copyright Raising Kids Website
Transcript Radio 4 Today Prog.	26/01/04 Copyright BBC
Blair blasts ..	26/01/04 Copyright Daily Mail
Pool Safety ..	25/01/04 Copyright Evening Standard
PM's pledge ..	21/01/05 Copyright Kent Messenger
Swim figures ..	01/05 Copyright Downs Mail
Rules relaxed ..	23/12/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
MP in new swim battle ..	03/12/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Making Waves ..	12/04 Copyright Downs Mail
Safe Swimming ..	16/11/04 Copyright The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
MP at parents' demo ..	05/11/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
New pool rules cause a splash ..	05/11/04 Copyright KM Extra
Swimmers' plea ..	04/11/04 Copyright Adscene
Caithness.org	01/11/04 Copyright Caithness.org
Bad language ..	21/10/04 Copyright The Economist
Mum welcomes pool swim rules ..	20/10/04 Copyright The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Infants back in the swim ? ..	10/04 Copyright Downs Mail
Mum fights to take children ..	28/09/04 Copyright Dartford & Gravesend News Shopper
MP wins guarantee ..	24/09/04 Copyright KM Extra
PM in her sights ..	17/09/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Holiday park ..	08/09/04 Copyright Children Now
Children Now ..	02/09/04 Copyright Children Now
Demolish Pool ...	01/09/04 Copyright Sidcup & Bexley News Shopper
View from Westminster ..	15/07/04 Copyright Adscene
Kids will not ..	07/07/04 Copyright Sidcup & Bexley News Shopper
Parents lose ..	04/06/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Adventurous kids ..	28/05/04 Copyright The Times
Pool rules relaxed ..	28/05/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
New website ..	28/05/04 Copyright KM Extra
Red tape ..	26/05/04 Copyright The Guardian
Fear of lawsuits ..	25/05/04 Copyright Daily Mail
One parent ..	24/05/04 Copyright Evening Standard
No decision ..	24/05/04 Copright Downs Mail
Councillors dive in ..	30/04/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Parents protest ..	23/04/04 Copyright KM Extra
Letters page	16/04/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Pool rule protestors ..	16/04/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Parents angry ..	09/04/04 Copyright KM Extra
Feelings run high ..	09/04/04 Copyright Kent Messenger
Outrage at pool ..	02/04/04 Copyright Kent Messenger