About the event
Location: The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London
Event date: Saturday 14 September 2024
If you’re looking to complete your first swim in open water or you’re already an avid swimmer, then this is the challenge for you!
Swim Serpentine is a one-day open water swimming festival staged in the heart of London. Swimmers will have the chance to swim a half mile, one mile or two miles in this open event. Every swimmer will be able to choose a start wave, with swimmers setting off at regular intervals during the day. All your needs are catered for with heated changing rooms, dunk zone, pontoon start and finish, full water safety crew, hot tubs and an exhibition area.
When you swim with us, you'll receive:
- A fundraising pack to help you reach that all-important fundraising target
- Expert training advice
- Continuous support from one of our friendly fundraisers
- Assistance with finding guide swimmers if required
- Continuous support from our fundraising team
Why support Fight for Sight?
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- Every 6 minutes
- a person in the UK hears that they will lose their sight
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- Just 1.2%
- of public investment in medical research goes into eye research
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- 2.7 million
- people will be living with vision loss by 2030. We’ll make sure life after vision loss is not a lonely one
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- Almost £30m
- is how much we plan to invest across scientific and social change over the next 5 years
Apply for your place now to help us to save sight and change lives
