Channel relay fundraiser for SwimTayka

Jane’s Channel swim will raise money for drowning prevention charity

A woman from North Walsham is planning to make a splash for charity by taking part in a cross-Channel swim.

Jane Symonds will be among a team of six who will set off from Dover, taking it in turns to swim an hour at a time until they make shore in France. The swim is scheduled to take place in mid-July, but the exact timing is dependent on tides and the weather.

The team are taking part in an English Channel Relay swim to raise funds for SwimTayka – a UK-based charity, which runs swimming programmes in low resource countries, in locations alongside water, where learning to swim isn’t part of the culture, so risk of drowning is high.

Jane, aged 44, who works as a civil servant, is already in training, swimming in her local pool (Victory) and taking…