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Recent Posts:

  • Keep us in your Facebook feed
  • Let’s be clear about drowning and non-fatal drowning!
  • Media Release: NSW Govt decision continues to risk children’s lives
  • One year on…
  • What drowning really looks like; A first hand account
  • Non-fatal drowning incident serves as a reminder as the weather warms up
  • How many children?
  • LEARN What drowning REALLY looks like
  • A shocking start to summer – Two non-fatal drownings within hours of each other
  • Sharp increase in child drowning deaths
  • A Double Digit milestone for a tough little boy.
  • Ambassador Scott Cam launches new website
  • Toddlers near drowning a reminder about winter pool safety.
  • NSW its time to register your pool!
  • The latest update on Samuel Morris
  • A further update on Samuel Morris
  • Play it safe around the water this Easter
  • An update on Samuel Morris…
  • Founders nominated as Australian of the Year 2013
  • Where is the dignity?
  • This CHARITY and the NDIS are vital for Quality of Life
  • Manslaughter charges following toddler drowning.
  • Six Years since Near Drowning and Hypoxic Brain Injury
  • Drowning, Non-Fatal Drowning, Near Drowning – Is there a difference?
  • Drowning – Three bathtub deaths in two weeks
  • Near Drowning – Good news stories or fuelling public misconception ?
  • Spreading the drowning prevention message
  • Renewed inflatable pool warning following toddler near drowning
  • It takes this much water for a child to drown
  • Drowning prevention – Inflatable pool claims toddlers life
  • Warning on inflatable pools
  • NSW Water Safety Awards Win
  • The stream of grief
  • How empathy happens – a journey
  • The Water Lily – Henry Lawson
  • An Ad with Impact – time to get a pool fence
  • CPR Knowledge saves the day!
  • 5 Seconds – the clock is always ticking!
  • A day at the Races
  • Feel like running?
  • Coroner recommends tougher pool laws
  • My child should stop swimming lessons when……..
  • Grand Opening – Nepean Aquatic Centre
  • Five Years On
  • A power non-fatal drowning interview
  • Why CPR skills are SO important!
  • Disability Care and Support – Draft report from Productivity Commission
  • Living with severe disability
  • A broken pool gate cost a life
  • Worrying trend in near drownings
  • A random act of kindness
  • Changes to drowning prevention and awareness in NSW
  • Close call in Bathtub Near Drowning
  • This is why…..
  • Five near drowning events in one hour
  • Christmas day near drownings
  • NSW Ambulance Service – Drowning Responses
  • Be WATER SAFETY vigilant this xmas
  • Drowning – the hidden epidemic
  • 90% of pools failing safety inspections
  • Some more recent media…
  • This letter to the editor says it all….
  • Keep Watch 2010 Launch
  • Child Drowning Prevention is our thing! (and it should be yours)
  • Queensland Pool Safety Laws come into effect today
  • Protect Your Pool – Protect Your Kids
  • Re: Saved by a $12 swimming lesson
  • The Inevitability of tears
  • Seven children die in backyard pools despite tougher laws
  • NSW Child Death Review Team
  • Death of elite athlete proves no such thing as drown-proofing
  • Generous Donation – Thanks
  • A rights based approach to childrens survival and development
  • Sydney Parents save toddler after bathtub near drowning
  • Comment on the Rural and Remote water safety plan
  • A mother shares the near drowning recovery story
  • Why every near drowning requires medical attention
  • Individual funding for disability support
  • The Reality of Grieving for a child with complex medical needs
  • Drowning – it doesn’t look like you think
  • Another mothers nightmare
  • Journalistic Home Truths on Pool Drownings
  • NSW Special Coronial Inquest
  • A river of tears for children lost
  • Keep Watch 2009
  • Why Vigilance pays
  • Spate of near drowning accidents in Qld
  • Brooke Withers Swim School – Brookvale
  • A Lifetime of Caring – Newspaper Article
  • SMH article – debating the nanny state
  • NSW – Swimming Pool Act changes
  • AUSTSWIM
  • Austswim Conferences
  • Congratulations
  • Water Safety New Zealand – exchanging resources
  • This Years National Drowning Report
  • Another Sad Story – this years statistics!
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme
  • Can we bowl it….. yes we can!
  • Foundation Managing Director named as Finalist for Community Father of the Year Award
  • Winter Water Safety Tip
  • Supervision around water
  • Portable pool safety- fence it
  • Non-fatal drowning injuries
  • Outcomes of the drowning process
  • Four actions to prevent toddler drowning
  • Check your pool fences and gates
  • Arms Reach Around Water

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  • Let’s be clear about drowning and non-fatal drowning!
  • Media Release: NSW Govt decision continues to risk children’s lives
  • One year on…
  • What drowning really looks like; A first hand account

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Keep us in your Facebook feed

  We really appreciate people linking to us via social media and we would like you to keep us in your Facebook feed. For the longest time, Facebook gave you no ability to control what content you see or keep in your Facebook news feed. We really appreciate how many people  have already “liked” our Facebook page. But only […]

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Support for families after a near drowning - Image Credit Joe Houghton

Support Services

 Supporting children disabled by non-fatal drowning A core focus of the Samuel Morris Foundation is supporting children who are disabled as a result of a non-fatal drowning (or what is often incorrectly referred to as near drowning) or other hypoxic … Read More.....

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Child kept outside pool by a correctly installed pool fence

Pool Fencing

Is your pool as SAFE as it can and should be?     Video lessons on correct pool fencing. The Samuel Morris Foundation has been working in partnership with KidsHealth at the Childrens Hospital at Westmead and the Swimming Pool and … Read more

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Find a learn to swim centre

Congratulations on taking the first step in giving your kids a skill for life! Getting your children involved in water safety and swimming lessons is one of the key steps you can take to help make your children safer around the water. Accredited … read more....

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