Over 2,000 people a week in North Ayrshire are taking the opportunity to learn to swim. The Learn to Swim National Framework is a national programme partnership between Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water that encourages youngsters to learn to swim, as well as teaching about water safety. Every week, 83,777 children and adults across Scotland are taking part in Learn to Swim lessons – with that figure including 2,021 people across five swimming pools in North Ayrshire. In the last seven years, it鈥檚 estimated that the programme has helped teach 210,337 people across Scotland how to be safe in and around water. John Lunn, Chief Executive of Scottish Swimming, said: 鈥淭his is an incredible milestone and testament to the commitment of our delivery partners and instructors across Scotland. 鈥淭he Learn to Swim programme continues to play a vital role in helping children and adults build confidence, stay active, and most importantly, stay safer in and around water. To reach more than 210,000 participants is a fantastic achievement.鈥 Peter Farrer, Chief Operating Officer at Scottish Water, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic to reach this latest milestone 鈥 we are delighted the Learn to Swim programme continues to go from strength to strength 鈥 with around 84,000 people of all ages and abilities across Scotland currently taking part in Learn to Swim lessons every week. 鈥淓veryone should be able to enjoy Scotland鈥檚 miles of rivers, lochs, reservoirs and shorelines safely and with confidence. 鈥淲e are proud to work with Scottish Swimming and all the leisure trusts and aquatic providers across the country to create 鈥楪eneration Swim鈥, a generation of confident, safer and competent swimmers, who will also get to experience the wider health and social benefits that swimming can offer.鈥 The programme is also committed to creating inclusive, supportive, and quality environments in which individuals can learn to swim regardless of their age, ability or skill level 鈥 and the programme is now also reaching more children with disabilities than ever before. The Learn to Swim Framework developed by Scottish Swimming and delivered by partners across Scotland, ensures consistent quality of swimming lessons through supportive and inclusive learn to swim environments which help children and adults to be confident, safer and competent swimmers. Don’t miss the latest Ayrshire headlines 鈥 sign up to our free daily newsletter