We are a group of young people on a mission to raise awareness and understanding of drowning prevention and water safety through youth-led workshops and presentations for schools and community groups.
Teya’s Legacy was founded in 2018 after the tragic death of our mate, Teya Davies, due to drowning. Fourteen-year-old Teya died after slipping into Sniggy Pond in Widnes whilst trying to help her friend who had fallen into the water before her.
In partnership with her family, We established Teya’s Legacy to raise awareness of water safety and drowning prevention amongst young people. What had initially been started as an Instagram account sharing our memories of Teya to raise awareness had quickly expanded to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and later, Tiktok being used to communicate both memories and tips and advice in a way that would appeal to young people.
With the support of our secondary school, in 2019, we worked in partnership writing to every school in the Halton borough, urging them to deliver drowning prevention lessons to their pupils. We were delighted to hear in 2020 how such lessons had equipped a group of young boys from our secondary school with the skills and knowledge to perform a safe rescue of a mother and baby—leading to media coverage of their story to around 20 million viewers.
In 2021 we were invited to work in partnership with the Royal Life Saving Society for their Drowning Prevention Week, highlighting how Teya’s story is not a ‘one off’ - with Teya’s younger brother and sister playing a pivotal role in media interviews and social media work released during the week. Later in 2021, we were delighted to see their work recognised by the Liverpool Echo, awarding them the ‘Young Personality of the Year”.
In 2022 we are looking forward to delivering our in-person and online workshops for young people, especially with our ‘Water Safety Week’ approaching in March.
We are incredibly proud of what has been achieved so far in Teya’s name. We look forward to a future where conversations around water safety are commonplace within every school and community, and drowning fatalities are far less prevalent.