This week the RNLI marks its 200th anniversary. 200 yrs working to keep communities across the #UK & #Ireland safe in & around water. Join us Sunday 10 March, 11 am in morning for a service of thanksgiving in #Glasgow Cathedral 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #drowningprevention #RNLI200 #MothersDay Glasgow West End Today

Yesterday, 🇧🇩🇮🇪🇹🇿🇬🇧 co-hosted an event at UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 with RNLI highlighting the global importance of water safety & drowning prevention. Amb Gerard Keown spoke on the devastating consequences of drowning on communities in 🇮🇪 & around the 🌍: « Anyone can drown, no one should ».

🚨CONSULTANT OPPORTUNITY🚨 in Bangladesh! Join RNLI's mission to prevent drowning in Bangladesh, the leading cause of child mortality. Seeking a Stakeholder Engagement & Government Liaison Specialist. Apply here: hotjobs.bdjobs.com/jobs/ciprb/cip… #Bangladesh #DrowningPrevention #RNLI

In this special year for the #RNLI, here's your chance to get up close to RNLI history, current initiatives, cutting edge technology, knowledge & insight, & have fun! Meet volunteer crews, lifeguards, staff & international partners @ the RNLI's #Poole #Dorset HQ, 18-19 May👇

Great to see parliament debate on provision of water safety education 🛟 in UK schools. Swim England research highlighting large inequalities in access to 🏊🏽‍♂️ lessons, and % of primary school children able to swim 25m dropping. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/f2…

*Funded Opportunity* Calling #child day-care practitioners #ECD specialists & #INGO leads providing day-care in #LMIC settings Attend & contribute to World Health Organization (WHO) RNLI Day-care & #DrowningPrevention W'shop 21-23 Oct '24, in #ChiangMai Apply asap 👉 shorturl.at/lyzCV BRAC

This is fantastic news. We’re proud to work with @bloombergdotorg to help those most at risk of drowning. This funding will help turn the tide and make drowning prevention a priority worldwide.

An excellent example of why the Float To Live safety messaging is vital and can prove the difference between life and death, even for the most experienced swimmers. If you get into trouble at the coast or in the water, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard. #FloatToLive

The cyclone's trail of disaster is only starting to come out and it is not pretty. An estimated 35,000 houses along the coastal belt have been fully destroyed, and 115,000 houses have been partially damaged.

@ #WHA77 there's been a strong focus on #climatechange & #health. Clear agreement for scaled action in new World Health Organization (WHO) GPW & adoption of a new resolution apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_f… Scaled action can't be fast enough. #CycloneRemal in #Bangladesh, record heat in #India examples of reality.

Drowning is a leading killer with > 50% of 236,000 drowning deaths among people under 30 years. Join World Health Organization (WHO) & partners on 30 July to mark World #DrowningPrevention Day & contribute to the campaign to highlight how seconds can save a life. bit.ly/3xR2pHs

Tmrw, 25 July, is World #DrowningPrevention Day. This #UN designated day, now in it's 4th yr, is a moment of global unity & international action to raise the profile of the issue & amplify awareness of preventative actions we can ALL take to reduce this loss of life & #injury

Living in #Scotland? Visiting #LochLomond tmrw, 25 July? Looking for a day trip? Get even more from your visit by attending #Scotland's free #DrowningPrevention #WaterSafety OPEN DAY Loch Lomond Shores #Balloch 11am-4pm. Part of global activity for World #DrowningPrevention Day

July 25th is #WorldDrowningPreventionDay! UNICEF is working with partners, governments, communities, within schools and alongside adolescents & youth, to prevent drowning via the 3 S's: Safe Places Safe Journeys Safety Skills Anyone can drown, no one should! #EndChildInjury

Delighted #BRAC CEO Asif Saleh could contribute to discussions with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Minister Catherine West on her 1⃣st visit to #Bangladesh 🇧🇩with #humanitarian partners. #BRAC is proud to contribute to international efforts to support #Rohingya & local communities in 🇧🇩 BRAC

Hugely grateful to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Anneliese Dodds for mtg #BRAC Exec Directors Asif Saleh & Divya Bajpai to discuss #povertyalleivation #climateadaptation #partnership #innovation #southtosouth learning thru the lens of BRAC's experience in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 & internationally BRAC