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The latest news from the Institute of Swimming
Institute of Swimming Provides Training as part of the new Swim England Business Solutions Project
Swim England has launched an innovative project to help develop aquatics businesses – increasing the opportunity for people to learn to swim and enjoy swimming. Institute of Swimming will deliver training and development for the Business Solutions initiative which aims to help leisure providers create sustainable solutions to aquatic business development by using industry-leading insight, … […]
Olympic Themed Swimming Activities
Hold your own mini Olympics Games with Tokyo inspired swimming activities. The long awaiting 2020 Olympics Games is due to launch on 23 July 2021 in Tokyo. To get into the Olympic spirit, our Swim England Learn to Swim team have created “Tokyo inspired” Olympic Games themed activities to add another element of fun and … […]
Popular coaching programme opens for applicants for 2021 intake
Popular coaching programme opens for applicants for 2021 intake The Swim England Senior Coach Programme equips coaches with the tools to create and develop individualised programmes and optimise the performance levels of aspiring athletes, at both youth and senior level. Applications for this year’s prestigious programme have been opened by the Institute of Swimming and … […]
From Nurse to Swimming Teacher
From nurse to swimming teacher: Vicki shares her experience of training to become a swimming teacher with the Recruitment Academy. It was early 2020 (pre-pandemic) when Vicki Watson noticed an ad on Facebook for the Swimming Teacher Recruitment Academy, it intrigued her, so she clicked through to find out more… She was initially attracted by … […]
Get a head start on becoming a Swimming Teacher with Funded Opportunities available.
Institute of Swimming, in collaboration with Active Apprentice and Vision West Nottinghamshire College, launched a brand new initiative to allow over 19s the opportunity to get a head start on becoming a swimming teacher. This new partnership offers to help fund part of the cost of training to become a swimming teacher. The funding, which … […]
Institute of Swimming Tutor’s share their passion behind introducing teachers to Deaf Awareness and using British sign language in aquatics.
This interactive online CPD (continual professional development), Introduction to Deaf Awareness and using British Sign Language in Aquatics from the Institute of Swimming, aims to help swimming teachers and coaches improve and adapt their sessions to better accommodate deaf and hard of hearing people in the aquatic environment. This course is delivered via webinar, it … […]
Benefits of being a member of the Institute of Swimming
The world of insurance can be confusing, especially if you are new to the sector. As a teacher or coach, you are providing a specialised service and could be held responsible for an injury to another person. In circumstances like these, it is essential that you have appropriate insurance protection. Without insurance, you will need … […]
Children’s love for swimming encouraged Dad to become a swimming coach
Swim England caught up with Martin Wilson last month to discuss his family’s passion for swimming, how they have coped with pool closures, and training with the Institute of Swimming through the pandemic. To say that the Wilson family enjoy swimming would be a huge understatement. Their involvement started from their daughter, Katie’s first baby … […]
Swimming inspired, fun activities for the family.
We’ve created some fun and games to entertain the whole family. These games add a swimming spin to some classics and can help you get active with a family-friendly workout! What Am I? This game is played in teams and the aim is to guess what is written on the card your teammate picks up. … […]
The Institute of Swimming kick-start over 100 Swimming Teacher careers with support from CIMSPAs ReTrain initiative
As part of ReTrain, CIMSPA’s £1.5m initiative designed to retool the sport and physical activity workforce (funded by The National Lottery through Sport England), The Institute of Swimming have already supported over 100 people to start a new career as a swimming teacher. The training initiative that launched in September has been extremely popular with … […]
Becoming a Swimming Teacher during COVID-19: Henry’s story
Henry, 16, has contributed to the aquatics community in more ways than one! He’s been an active club swimmer since he was 8 years old, then in 2019, he won Swim England’s Youth Volunteer of the Year Award becoming the youngest Level 1 Judge in South East England. During lockdown, Henry has embarked on his … […]
Your guide to our lockdown learning
Many of us have only just got back to teaching or coaching at the pool, and now we face four weeks at home. So what are we going to fill our time with this lockdown? The Institute of Swimming are putting on a host of webinars, discounted and free e-learning and all their qualifications and … […]