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Great North Swim

Date of event:  22 June 2012

Event end date:  24 June 2012

Venue:  Windemere, Cumbria

Ticket price:  £30 registration fee


Take part in the UK's biggest open water swimming event in beautiful Windemere, Cumbria. This is a fantastic challenge for all abilities, whether it's your first open water swimming event or you're after an Olympic challenge

Swim for the NSPCC

To take part in this event for the NSPCC, visit the Great North Swim website to register in the race. Once you've done this, simply let us know by filling in our registration form and you'll get our full support.


If you'd like a guaranteed charity place in the one mile swim distance, we ask that you pay a registration fee of £30 and commit to raising £200 in sponsorship to help vulnerable children. Fill in our charity place registration form to get your place with us.

Where your money goes

Every penny you raise by taking part in this fantastic event will go towards helping vulnerable children across the UK who need our help. We want to protect the most vulnerable children in society, as well as being there for every child who needs us through services like ChildLine.

Our support

Our swimmers mean the world to us, so in return we provide:

  • Top-notch fundraising advice from a dedicated team at the NSPCC
  • Team NSPCC Facebook page to chat to your team mates
  • NSPCC fundraising pack, regular e-newsletters and a support hotline
  • An exclusive NSPCC T-shirt

More information

For more information, please email go@nspcc.org.uk or call 0207 825 2621.



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