Action "Off to the water" does not swim

16. December 2025

With 19,000 vouchers to all first-graders, free admission to the swimming pool is to be granted three times in a promotional period of three months.

Eckart Maudrich, spokesperson for NOlympia Hamburg:

‘Since Badeland has only about 17 places available for seahorse courses in the three-month period from January to March, 18,983 children will probably have to do dry exercises. Who distributes vouchers to all first graders regardless of the income of the parents, thus shows: It does not seem to focus on families from disadvantaged districts. And like the sports impulse the other 81% If you want to reach children who do not receive vouchers (91,000 /120 000) you have to go somewhere. This measure is therefore not floating – and is therefore in line with the Senate’s Olympic strategy.”

Appendix

	kindergarten	School classes
School classes & Kindergarten	from 3J	UK	1	2	3	Total
1. Children & SuS	50,500	11,169	19,383	19,614	19,259	119,925
2nd min. 76% Not safe to float	38,380	8,488	14,731	14,907	14,637	91,143

vouchers						19,000
Voucher in % of 2.						21%

Availability of Badeland	January	February	March	April		Total
seahorses, # Available places	17	0	0	0		17
Aqua Kita, # Available places	73	72	135	161		441