The Dip Kingz

Upcoming Community Event

CA will be hosting their Rule 62 Unity Gala 3.0 on 15 August 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle.

Guests can enjoy:
3-course meal
Guest speakers
Raffle
Music

Tickets are £35 per person.

For bookings or further information, please contact the event organisers directly on 07463 759373.

(This post is shared as a community notice only. We are not affiliated with or partnering in this event)

🌞 The summer holidays are here!

Looking for something welcoming, relaxed and free to enjoy together as a family?

Our Wellbeing Garden is ready to become a place filled with:

🌱 Learning and growing
💜 New friendships
🐝 Nature and outdoor fun
📖 English conversation
🌼 Time together as a family

Growing Together is our free Family ESOL and Wellbeing Summer Programme for families living in Newcastle.

It has been especially designed for families seeking sanctuary, those new to life in the UK, and anyone who would benefit from a friendly, informal space to build confidence and practise English.

📅 Starts Tuesday 4 August
🗓️ Tuesdays and Thursdays until 27 August
🕝 2.30pm–4.30pm
📍 John Buddle Work Village, NE4 8AW

👶 Children are welcome
🧸 Free crèche facilities are available
🌻 Places are limited

☎️ 0191 226 7979
✉️ [email protected]

Let’s learn, grow and enjoy the summer together. 🌿
John Buddle Work Village The WEA: Adult Learning Within Reach Action Foundation Newcastle City Council Riverside Community Health Project Healthworks JET - Jobs, Education & Training Newcastle Libraries

Have a blessed day 🙏❤️💙🌊👑xx

Morning everyone 🙏💙❤️🌊👑

Morning everyone have a great day 🙏💙❤️🌊👑

PLEASE BE SAFE WHEN DIPPING OR SWIMMING IN THE SEA 🙏🌊

Alot of people recently aren't aware of what a rip actually looks like or where the safest place to swim at the beach is if there is no flagged area.

One person will drown every two to three days this summer... 90% of those fatalities will be rip-related. Here are a few things that will help you and your kids stay safe this summer. I have also put together a few images that show what to look for.

1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see pics).

2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are.

3. If you are caught in a rip, DO NOT PANIC. Go into floating mode and raise one arm as a distress signal when possible. See which direction the rip is taking you, is it straight out or at an angle? once you have determined this, and if you have the energy, swim to the right or left of the direction of flow, never against. Some rips can move at 3 times the speed of an olympic swimmer, you won't win! If you cannot swim out to either side of the rip, just go with it. Most rips won't take you out very far, and will usually spit you out not long after they take you, so keep calm and save your energy for the swim back to shore.

4. If you have kids, show them these pictures, educate them and make them aware. You can't always be watching them, and it is only a matter of a few metres each way of the point of entry to the water that could mean them being safe, or instantly caught in a rip.

Obviously the safest place to swim is always between the flags on a patrolled beach, but this isn't always practical given the immensity of our coast line and number of beautiful beaches. Of course there are many other factors that can come into play when it comes to beach safety, but rips are the No.1 killer. They are not hard to identify, and 10 mins observation before entering the surf is much easier than body retrieval.

*The darker/calmer areas in the pics are rips. The one with purple dye shows rip movement.

Good morning everyone xx

Good morning everyone have a great day 🙏💙❤️🌊👑xx

Morning everyone have an amazing day 🙏💙❤️🌊👑🌅xx

Good morning everyone 🙏💙❤️🌊👑xx