Nude Family swim at Stoke Waterworld

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Flagged up by Sammy Woodhouse on Twitter.
mobile.twitter.com/sammywoodhouse1/status/1308822025797013509

Supported by who else but NSPCC.

Adults can buy a single ticket.

To Shut it down, Change petition here:
www.change.org/p/water-world-stop-nude-family-swim-session-for-adults-and-children-of-all-ages-at-water-world?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_24863394_en-GB%3A2&recruiter=1151217419&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=tap_basic_share

Attended by convicted paedophile
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4047602.convicted-brierfield-paedophile-member-naturist-club/

Unbelievable.

Apparently it's not true that the NSPCC are supporting it.

Doesn't surprise me there are denials and or lies being told:

"We have a robust child and vulnerable adults safeguarding policy - it’s actually rather ignorant of the complainers to assume that we don’t. It was developed in conjunction with the NSPCC and is reviewed annually."

what does "in conjunction with" precisely mean and who does the reviewing?

Is this true?

I saw it on twitter and it (the NSPCC involvement and their supposed tweets - something about not having time to focus on children because they were too busy focusing on lgb+...) didn’t seem right at all.

No big deal.

These naturist swims have been happening for YEARS, at least since the 1980's. Before Waterworld they used to be held in the old Jubilee baths in Newcastle.

There's a Twitter reply from Peter Wanless saying this is fake news and not an appropriate or correct reference to us (the NSPCC). I can't get the screenshot to attach, not sure why.

"We have a robust child and vulnerable adults safeguarding policy - it’s actually rather ignorant of the complainers to assume that we don’t. It was developed in conjunction with the NSPCC and is reviewed annually.

But as long as a paedophile, a known paedophile, registers as an official nudist, he can come in?

Well, of NSPCC helped them in their safeguarding then we can sure it’s dodgy.

Robert Platts, defending, said Enright had joined British Naturism in July 2006, a month before the sex order came into force.*

The court heard that he was arrested after police attended his home in June 2008 and discovered he was a member of the British Naturism.

Further investigations revealed that he had been on outings with the group to Alton Towers and Waterworld in Stoke-on-Trent.

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4047602.convicted-brierfield-paedophile-member-naturist-club/

Why the fuck is it more important for a bunch of people to skinny-dip, than it is to prevent paedophiles leching at them?

Good luck in getting Mop Chaudry to change his mind. He's been working with naturists for years.

The naturists membership policy needs to be that convicted pedophiles are expelled. On every of my neighbours was convicted of a historical offence. All local sports clubs expelled him as a member immediately on the verdict.

I'm still uneasy about the nude swims as I'm not convinced children are able to freely consent but that's a different problem.

They also need to restrict tickets to families.

@Comefromaway

No big deal.

These naturist swims have been happening for YEARS, at least since the 1980's. Before Waterworld they used to be held in the old Jubilee baths in Newcastle.

The fact that things have been done in the past is no argument for them to continue in perpetuity.

I've no issue at all with adult naturism, or families doing as they wish in private.

But isn't there a problem with this sort of event that the children haven't - can't - give meaningful consent? No doubt the parents have innocent motives for their families attending but it is naive in the extreme to assume that applies to everyone.

@Datun

"We have a robust child and vulnerable adults safeguarding policy - it’s actually rather ignorant of the complainers to assume that we don’t. It was developed in conjunction with the NSPCC and is reviewed annually.

But as long as a paedophile, a known paedophile, registers as an official nudist, he can come in?

I guess an unknown paedophile could, but isn't that true of a lot of things? They can go to the regular beach too where people are as good as naked, or in places where nudity at the beach is more common.

A known one would likely have restrictions on being around kids at all.

Well all I know is that every year for the past 2/3 years a handful of vigilantes have turned up waving banners and spouting off that all naturists are paedohiles and nothing happens. Waterworld isn;t exactly the cleanest place in the world but there are cameras etc anywhere.

Naturist families tend to have naturism as a way of life. Their kids grow up with it.

I would be slightly more believing of the innocence of this, if it was only families swimming. As far as I can tell it is also open to men and women swimming without children which is disturbing. What non-dodgy reason could a man have to go to a naked family swim at a water park?

Sorry it’s weird in this day and age. And yes, paedophiles gravitate towards nudist events.

I don’t get nudism in general so wouldn’t understand why swimming naked is any better/more fun than swimming with a costume on.

I would think it a bit odd if a single adult bought a ticket to a nude family swim. Maybe they should have family sessions and adult only sessions or something.

A known one would likely have restrictions on being around kids at all.

There's an example in the OP of one who had restrictions but was allowed to attend anyway.

I don't have a problem with a naturist swim per se but if you have tickets for single adult entry it should be adults only. If its for families then only families should be able to purchase tickets.

Apart from all of the obvious concerns- bare bums on the water slides? (not envy).

If it's ONLY families - OK
If it's ANYONE - not ok

I don't have a problem with a naturist swim per se but if you have tickets for single adult entry it should be adults only. If its for families then only families should be able to purchase tickets.

Exactly

@TinselAngel

Apart from all of the obvious concerns- bare bums on the water slides? (not envy).

Nudist events have a lot of sanitation related issues.

If it's ONLY families - OK
If it's ANYONE - not ok

Yeah, cos family members never abuse children, right? And family members would never get off on a swimming pool full of naked kids, right?

I can't understand why the dubious joy of rubbing your bare bum around on water slides with other like minded people, could ever be enjoyable enough to outweigh the risk to the women and children participating.