Corporate News – Swim England https://www.swimming.org/swimengland The business of swimming Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:49:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Swim England shortlisted for two prestigious sports awards https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-industry-awards-2020/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-industry-awards-2020/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:00:05 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=9309 Swim England is in the running for two prestigious sports awards. The recognised national governing body for swimming, artistic swimming, diving, open water and water polo has been shortlisted in the Sport Industry Awards 2020. Swim England is one of six bodies in contention for the Sport Organisation of the Year, in association with AXA, … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-industry-awards-2020/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/02/swim_england_team.jpg Politicians make pledge as APPG for Swimming is reformed following election https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/appg-swimming-reformed/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/appg-swimming-reformed/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:44:30 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=9267 Politicians from across the political divide have reformed the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Swimming following December’s General Election. The group held its annual general meeting at Parliament and said it was looking forward to the ‘important work’ in the months ahead to ensure more children leave primary school able to swim the statutory … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/appg-swimming-reformed/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/01/appg_swimming.jpg Thousands learn new skills on Swim England Qualification courses in 2019 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/1000-swim-england-qualification-courses-2019/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/1000-swim-england-qualification-courses-2019/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:52:10 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=9122 Thousands of swimming teachers and assistants picked up new skills in 2019 as Swim England Qualifications (SEQ) staged more than 1,000 courses nationwide. In total, more than 10,000 learners gained qualifications during a ‘fantastic’ year for the industry. Swim England qualifications are delivered at more than 320 locations by a network of Approved Training Centres, … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/1000-swim-england-qualification-courses-2019/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/01/SE-1000-courses.jpg Swim England and Everyone Active smash 10 million swims target https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/ten-million-swims-smashed/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/ten-million-swims-smashed/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:40:33 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=8960 A new partnership is turning the tide on inactivity by helping millions of people to get active in swimming pools across the country. At the start of the year, Swim England and Everyone Active launched a mission to achieve 10 million swims at the leisure operator’s pools by December. And the two organisations have comfortably … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/ten-million-swims-smashed/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/02/10-million-swims-letters-children.jpg Swim England and Sporting Equals aim to increase BAME participation https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sporting-equals-partnership/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sporting-equals-partnership/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:18:29 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=8839 Swim England has agreed an exciting new partnership with inclusion charity Sporting Equals to increase BAME participation in aquatic activity. The new agreement will see the two organisations work closely together in a determined effort to help grow the numbers from under-represented communities enjoying the physical and mental health benefits of swimming. Swim England and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sporting-equals-partnership/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/11/swimming_lesson.jpg Swim England and RLSS UK provide exclusive offer for Rookie Lifeguard course https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/rookie-lifeguard-instructor-course/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/rookie-lifeguard-instructor-course/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:19:01 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=7893 Swim England and the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) UK are working in partnership to help more people learn to swim and enjoy the water as safely as possible, providing an exclusive offer for teachers and coaches to extend their skills. Swim England Level Two qualified teachers and coaches can apply to become qualified to … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/rookie-lifeguard-instructor-course/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/09/Rookie-Lifeguard-web.jpg Swim England smashes key targets as Sport England partnership thrives https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-england-targets-smashed/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-england-targets-smashed/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:14:13 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=7853 Swim England is working in collaboration with Sport England to deliver increased membership numbers and boost relations with partners after smashing key targets two years ahead of schedule. The national governing body for swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo received £10.5 million of Government and National Lottery funding in 2017. As part of the … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-england-targets-smashed/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/08/Sport-England-partnership.jpg Swim England and AquaPhysical bid to get more people active in the pool https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquaphysical-partnership/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquaphysical-partnership/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:36:46 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=7818 Swim England is looking to get more people active and enjoying the water by working with the providers of an innovative and inclusive pool workout. Award-winning fitness company AquaPhysical pioneer FloatFit, which is a full 30-minute group fitness class on water. More than 1,500 certified FloatFit Instructors worldwide teach a mixture of high intensity and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquaphysical-partnership/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/08/aquaphysical_swim_england_partnership.jpg Swim England smash challenge to support Grenfell survivors and Finn the Fabulous https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/150-mile-charity-swim/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/150-mile-charity-swim/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:35:17 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=7825 Swim England team members swam more than 150 miles to celebrate the charity’s 150th anniversary and support two special causes. At a special fund-raising event, Swim England’s workforce had pledged to swim 150 kilometres (6,000 lengths) at the Loughborough University swimming pool. But they smashed that mark on Thursday 22 August and swam almost 10,000 … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/150-mile-charity-swim/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/08/Story-header.jpg Swim England launches online aquatics archive to celebrate 150th anniversary https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquatics-archive-150th-celebrations/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquatics-archive-150th-celebrations/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:43:43 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=7113 A unique online archive detailing the history of aquatics has been launched by Swim England as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. The site, www.swimminghistory.org, already contains thousands of pictures, documents, films and records dating from the 19th century onwards. It will be constantly updated with more items due to be uploaded over the coming … […]

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