Free identification wristbands for children on Vélez-Málaga's beaches

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The eastern Costa del Sol town hall explained that the aim of the wristbands is to provide families with a simple tool to help locate children should they go missing in crowded areas

Eugenio Cabezas

Vélez-Málaga town hall on the eastern Costa del Sol has launched a new scheme offering free identification wristbands to improve the safety of children visiting the town’s beaches during the summer season. There are also a series of meeting points along the Vélez coastline.

The town hall explained that the aim of the wristbands is to provide families with a simple tool to help locate children should they go missing in crowded areas.

The wristbands can be requested free of charge at lifeguard stations on the municipality's beaches. They are designed to be worn on children’s wrists and include a space where families can write the child’s name and a contact telephone number for their parents or guardians. Lifeguards will provide the bands and explain how to use them.

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