This year, we hope to have the most successful Charity Pyjama Week ever! We are so excited to be holding this event again and for some of you it might be your first time. We have a national charity partner, a wonderful organisation called Children's Hospital Pyjamas who collects donations of brand new pyjamas, to donate to hospitals, hospices, women’s refuges as well as poorly or less fortunate children who are inpatients. You can read all about them and how you can support them here
What is Charity Pyjama Week?
We are very fortunate to be able to offer these important sessions as Pyjama Week teaches our swimmers invaluable personal survival skills and raises money for charity; all while having lots of fun!
Wearing pyjamas during swimming lessons is about more than just having fun. Most accidents will happen while your child is fully clothed, so Pyjama Week will give a great indication of what this will feel like. It will help them realise that they will feel heavier, but they will still be able to do important life-saving skills like kicking to the surface and reaching for the side.
What to wear for Pyjama Week:
- Floaties, Splashers & Kickers: sleepsuits or short or long sleeved pyjamas with your usual double swim nappies underneath
- Little Dippers & Dippers: short or long sleeved pyjamas with your usual double swim nappies underneath or swimwear if potty trained
- Swim Academy Levels 1 - 4: Short sleeved pyjamas
- All parents/carers involved in pre-school lessons should wear pyjamas over their swimwear
💡A top tip is to bring a plastic carrier bag for all the wet pyjamas as they make bags and towels very wet!
How can you support our wonderful charity partner?
There are a numer of ways to support the charity but the best way is to buy a brand new pair of pyjamas to donate to their annual appeal which you can bring along to your lessons for your teacher or poolside assistant to collect.
Alternatively you can give a monetary donation and there are a number of ways:
- At your lessons - there will be a donations bucket at every lesson during Charity Pyjama Week
- Sponsorship - we'd love your little one to be sponsored for completing a personal survival lesson plan in their pyjamas. You can download a sponsorship form here if you want to get started!
Baby & Pre-School Sponsorship Form
