COPE Galway Christmas Swim

#BravetheCOLD so others don’t have to! Join the 2024 Christmas Swim and raise funds for COPE Galway services. SIGN UP TODAY

2024 COPE Galway Christmas Swim

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Be part of this extraordinary community tradition this Christmas. Brave the cold and help transform the lives of men, women and children in Galway who rely on our support services.

JOIN THE SWIM
REGISTER A TEAM

Make a difference this Christmas.

Join hundreds of Galwegians braving the winter waters to raise vital funds for COPE Galway.

By taking part in this long-standing community event, you’ll bring hope and support where it is most needed – this Christmas and throughout the year.

Register as an individual, family, small group, or a workplace or school team. Join the Christmas morning swim in Salthill or from 20-26 December wherever you are.

€20 Registration Fee
25 December, Christmas Day Swim (Salthill)
20-25 December – Swim Where You Are
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Easy Steps to Braving the Cold for COPE Galway

Register

Sign up as an individual, with family and friends, or as a group. Create a work or school team and swim with your colleagues or classmates!

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Share

Share your excitement! Let friends and family know you’re taking part. Use our social media resources to encourage them to swim with you!

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Fundraise

Make your swim go further! Set up a fundraising page and gather support from family, friends, and colleagues. Raise funds for our essential services.

RAISE FUNDS

Swim

Take the plunge! Swim with us on Christmas Day or wherever you are from December 20-26. Celebrate your swim – share and tag your photos on social media!

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How to take part

Register

As an individual, family or team of friends or colleagues. €20/adult, €5/child.

Swim

Swim between the 20 – 26 December or join us in Blackrock on Christmas Day.

Share & Support

Share your photos on social media. Set up a fundraising page and fundraise.

Register Now
Register A TEAM

2023 COPE Galway Christmas Swim

850+
Christmas Swimmers & Dippers
€45420+
Raised for COPE Galway services
70
Christmas Day Swim Event Volunteers

Over 850 brave swimmers took part in the 2023 COPE Galway Christmas Swim.

They braved cold, windy weather and rain, and took the plunge to support COPE Galway. Together they raised an incredible €45,420 for our Homeless, Domestic Abuse and Senior Support Services.

Go raibh maith agaibh, to all who donated, fundraised, volunteered and to our event partners and sponsors.

2022 Event Sponsor

We were delighted to welcome Stewart Construction once again as a key Christmas Swim sponsor for 2022. Since James Stewart started his construction company in Lower Salthill back in 1902, the company has completed many notable projects across the country. We particularly love that they built the iconic Blackrock Diving Tower in 1954 – the home of the COPE Galway Christmas Swim!