“I’m not trying to steer people away from swimming in open water. What I am trying to do is educate people, so they know that there are safe places to go and do it.”
Beckie Ramsay BEM
Podcast 014: Making Sense of Grief and Loss – with Beckie Ramsay BME
On the 3rd of July 2011, 13-year-old Dylan Ramsay was out swimming with two friends when he tragically drowned. Today his mum Beckie is a water safety campaigner. She shares her story of grief and loss, and how she channels this energy positively.
In this podcast you will learn about:
- Beckie’ story of grief and loss and how she has sought to make sense of Dylan’s death by educating others
- What happened on the day of Dylan’s accident
- Beckie’s water safety campaign – Doing it for Dylan
- The dangers associated with open water and cold-water shock and how 400 – 600 people die in the UK every year in water related incidents
- Beckie’s education campaign and how she seeks to educate people across the UK
- What Beckie has achieved as a result of her work
- Open water swimming and how to do this safely
- The awards Beckie has received and how they are “bittersweet”
- Beckie’s selfless determination to change the lives of others
- Beckie’s experiences of grief and loss and how she has coped as a parent
- How to talk to people who have experienced grief and loss
- How not to take life for granted and why we sometimes need to let things slide.
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