Visit us Past events and exhibitions Meet Paralympic Swimmer Melanie Barratt On Friday 21st March 2025 we were delighted to invite gold-medal winning British Paralympian Melanie Barratt to speak at our virtual event for primary schools and home-educated children. Melanie is a blind swimmer with an outstanding career in competitive sports. She’s represented Great Britain at multiple Paralympic Games, winning gold, silver and bronze medals in the pool – and winning multiple European and World titles. Melanie made history as the first blind woman to swim the English Channel, conquering 21 miles of open water in an astounding 12 hours and 20 minutes. Melanie now works to enable more disabled people to access the open water, and also works as a teaching assistant with SEND pupils. Support our Events We are a registered charity who offer our events for free; it’s important to us that there are no barriers to people being able to attend. For every £2 donated to NPHT, we will reach another child with our work on disability. Please give what you can. Donate here Keep in touch If you would like to be kept up to date with our news and events, please sign up on the footer below. We send an update every 3 to 4 months. Booking for this event has now closed. Manage Cookie Preferences