Supporting children disabled by near drowning or other hypoxic brain injuries and preventing future drowning death and disability through drowning prevention and awareness
This article was on page 26 of Melbourne’s Child 1 July edition under the “My Story” heading… a quick and sobering reminder of just how quickly things can go wrong.. even for “helicopter parents” 5 Seconds of Distraction is all it takes This morning I didn’t know how many seconds it would take a 24 [...]
The Annual Charity Race Day is on again… A day at the races is a perfect way to thoroughly enjoy yourself while you support the Samuel Morris Foundation. Share an afternoon of horse racing with your friends and colleagues, have a few drinks and participate in a range of activities to raise money to help [...]
Do you feel like running (or walking) to help us raise funds? The City 2 Surf is fast approaching and we would love for you to join us on the day…. YOU can join people who are already raising funds for us by participating in the City 2 Surf… people like Tiffany and Jo from [...]
The NSW Deputy State Coroner, Paul McMahon has again issued recommendations calling on the NSW Government to toughen pool safety laws following another inquest into the death of a toddler in a backyard pool. Coroner McMahon was conducting the inquest into the death of Ethan Corless who had gained access to the swimming pool through [...]
So your child has been enrolled in Swimming Lessons for a while now and they have developed some skills and you start wondering “when is the right time for my child to stop swimming lessons?”. That is a very interesting question, when is the right time for your child to stop swimming lessons? What [...]
The Nepean Aquatic Centre is a brand new aquatic facility operated by Nepean Swim and Fitness which contains a dedicated learn to swim pool as well as four 25m lap lanes, two 50m lap lanes (with an innovative new wall installed that allows these lanes to be divided into 25m lanes, to provide six 25m lanes when required) [...]
Every year in Australia far too many families have to deal with a non-fatal drowning and far too many Australian families wind up with a child with a disability as a result. This interview, courtesy of Raising Kids Arizona, is a powerful reminder about the effects of these events, not just on the child involved [...]
The Australian Productivity Commission released their draft report on Disability Care and Support on 28 February 2011. The Samuel Morris Foundation is one of the organisations that has been behind the push for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and the NDIS was part of the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission. The Productivity Commission [...]
The Samuel Morris Foundation supports children that have a wide range of disability as a result of brain injuries. Living with a child with a disability has a wide range of effects on the child, parents, siblings, extended family members and extended community networks. Most people simply have no clue about the myriad of challenges that living [...]
Journalist Barbara Messer contacted the Samuel Morris Foundation looking to write a story on a child drowning. Karen George showed great courage in being willing to share her story about the tragic events surrounding the near drowning, hospitalisation and subsequent death of her son Kaine. Kaine’s story and that of the George Family appeared in [...]
The NSW Ambulance service has made a number of releases recently in their drive to improve drowning awareness and prevention. Back in December we posted an update on NSW Ambulance responses to near drownings. If the figures in that post shocked you…….. Then the latest update on the NSW Ambulance responses to drowning or near [...]
The Samuel Morris Foundation first came into contact with Scott Cam when he and the rest of the amazing cast and crew from Domestic Blitz came into the lives of the Morris family thanks to a generous nomination from within the community for the work that the Foundation does. Scott really is a great man, [...]
The NSW Shadow Minister for Emergency Services has announced her support for significant changes to drowning prevention and awareness in NSW following the state election in March. Among the changes proposed by the Shadow Minister, Melinda Pavey are: Strip five government departments of responsibility for this issue Make Emergency Management NSW take charge (in a similar fashion [...]
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