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PADI Announce Women’s Dive Day 2015
PADI have announced the inaugural PADI Women’s Dive Day on the 18th July 2015, a special day to get women together, in the water and involved in diving. With numerous events being hosted around the world, the goal is to get as many women as possible, at every level, diving on the same day in order to build awareness and interest for the sport. While the focus is on women, all are encouraged to get involved. It’s a great opportunity to get the women, friends, and family members in your life together for a fun day of diving.
PADI Dive Centers and Resorts, dive clubs, and other organizations are encouraged to host female-friendly dives or events on 18th July 2015. Events vary by location, ranging from shark dives to beach cleanups to special speaker engagements. Some dive shops are offering the opportunity to try scuba diving through the PADI Discover Scuba® Diving program, while others are promoting the ReActivate™ option to refresh your scuba skills. The History of Diving Museum of Islamorada, Florida will be supporting PADI Women’s Dive Day by highlighting women pioneers in their exhibits.
Check in with your local PADI Dive Center or Resort to see if they’re holding a Women’s Dive Day event and encourage them to get involved, if they’re not already. Otherwise, you can find an event or get more information at www.padi.com/women-dive. The map does not prepopulate, so make sure you enter your location (city, state, country, zip code, etc.). Check back often, as events will be added daily.
Interested in hosting an event or dive? If so, either use the “Sign Up Here” buttons for your region on the PADI website or email womendive@padi.com to get added to PADI’s event registry. Make sure you include your store/business name (if applicable), contact name, email address, telephone number (for event inquiries), store/event website, latitude/longitude (if known), and event details.
Share your PADI Women’s Dive Day dives and experiences using the hashtags #PADIWomen and #PADIWomensDiveDay and encourage your local communities to get involved.
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Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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