Swim England News

Swim England, The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) and the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) are joining forces for the second, successive year to ensure aquatics are firmly at the heart of Elevate 2025. Together, these leading organisations will sponsor the Active Aquatics theatre area – an essential hub within the Elevate exhibition, highlighting … The post Swim England, RLSS UK and STA to take aquatics to centre stage at Elevate appeared first on Swim England.

Swim England is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Todd as its new Member Nominated Director to the Swim England Board. Sara brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in global procurement, having worked across the automotive, pharmaceutical, and FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) sectors. A skilled executive coach, she has driven cultural change, … The post Swim England appoints Sara Todd as new Member Nominated Director appeared first on Swim England.

Swim England’s Sport Development team ran more than 150 courses across the country in 2024 and are working hard to help clubs grow and thrive in the future. The national governing bodies courses have helped to bring more than 1,500 new volunteers into aquatics in various roles throughout the past 12 months, bolstering the nation’s … The post Sport Development team eager to continue to support clubs in 2025 appeared first on Swim England.

Swim England is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Davies as its new Director of Safe Aquatics and Welfare. Simon will officially join the organisation on Monday 23 June from The Scout Association, where he has served as UK Head of Safeguarding since 2022.  In his current role, Simon has led the strategic safeguarding response … The post Simon Davies appointed Swim England’s new Director of Safe Aquatics and Welfare appeared first on Swim England.

Swim England has refreshed a key training tool which helps swimming teachers introduce aquatic sports skills into their existing lessons. The Bringing the Aquatic Sports to Life Through the Learn to Swim Framework CPD will arm teachers with the confidence to introduce and talk about the aquatic sports in their lessons, and support them to … The post Refreshed CPD helps introduce aquatics sports skills into swimming lessons appeared first on Swim England.

Swim England has published a new action plan to highlight the long-term commitment it is taking to make its sports and activities more accessible, diverse and inclusive. The national governing body’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) aligns with its recently launched new strategy, One Swim England, to tackle inequalities and remove barriers which currently … The post Swim England publishes new Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan appeared first on Swim England.

Members of Swim England’s Online Community have helped the North East Region take ‘concrete steps’ to open up all aquatic sports to its members. The feedback received from the dual discipline athletes task has influenced the region’s June Aquatic Sport Challenge. Throughout the month, clubs will be encouraged to incorporate multiple aquatic sports into coaching … The post ‘Invaluable process’ as Online Community help shape aquatic sport challenge appeared first on Swim England.

Aquatics GB, Swim England, Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales have joined forces to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the vital importance of school swimming across the country. Ahead of the nation’s Olympic and Paralympic champions taking to the pool for the upcoming Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, the four governing bodies are rallying support … The post Swim England join aquatic bodies to say ‘Support School Swimming’ appeared first on Swim England.

Swim mum Lisa West says she is looking forward to helping deliver a wave of positive change in aquatics after being named as Swim England’s new Finance Director. Lisa joins Swim England on Monday 31 March from Barratt Redrow PLC, where she held senior finance management roles. Previously, she has held finance positions at retailer … The post New Finance Director Lisa West ‘very proud’ to be joining Swim England appeared first on Swim England.

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