'It is something for us to do together and we are both enjoying it.'

I am participating in Swim22 with my 13-year-old son. He is a scout and is currently working towards his Gold Scout Award, and one of the challenges he has to do is to improve on his fitness.

Unfortunately he fell down the stairs and broke some bones in his foot which severely limited his options when it comes to improving on his fitness. I have recently given up smoking and wanted to become fitter myself. I researched various fundraising options, and decided to go with Swim22 as my son also recently had to have tests for diabetes. Luckily they came back negative.

We have now spent four weeks training, and have already noticed the difference in our fitness. It is something for us to do together and we are both enjoying it.