It is recommended that anyone who comes into contact with children either at a Swim England club or in swimming lessons expands their knowledge of safeguarding and how to respond to any concerns through the free Swim England Child Safeguarding Basic Awareness eLearning.

Those that are working directly with young or vulnerable people, such as teachers or coaches need to complete the Swim England Child Safeguarding course and refresh their knowledge every 3 years so they can recognise and deal with any issues sensitively, appropriately and effectively, should they ever arise.

Swim England Child Safeguarding

This workshop will raise your awareness of signs of abuse, and give you the tools and confidence you need to deal with any issues sensitively, appropriately and effectively should the need ever arise.

Swim England Child Safeguarding Refresher with Mental Health and Self-Harm Module

This eLearning refreshes your knowledge and includes important updates on legislation, mental health and self-harm. You must have gained your Swim England Child Safeguarding certificate within the last three years to complete this refresher.

Swim England Child Safeguarding Basic Awareness

This free online resource has been created with Swim England to give everyone involved in clubs a basic overview of child safeguarding.

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Eurovision inspired games to bring the party atmosphere to your swimming lessons

Eurovision madness is coming to the UK so it's time to bring out your dance routines and make your swimming lessons sing. Musical Floats If you can have music on the poolside then you can do this swimming version of musical statues. If not you can still play by calling out 'dance' and 'float'. You can have swimmers perform a star or mushroom float. The last swimmer to float is out. Swimming Duet Divide the swimmers into pairs and have them

Prestigious Swim England Senior Swimming Coach Programme launches for 2023

The prestigious Swim England Senior Swimming Coach Programme has launched for 2023! Swim England has announced that applications for the prestigious Senior Swimming Coach programme are now open for the 2023 intake. This fantastic one-year programme is designed to equip experienced Swim England Swimming Coaches with the skills and knowledge to create and deliver individualised development programmes for aspiring athletes. The programme

Teaching swimming as a teenager has allowed Kelly to build a career in the leisure sector

Kelly, 30, from Derby, won the Institute of Swimming’s #whyiteachcompetition last year and made the most of her years' worth of free training. Here she shares her swimming teacher journey, and how she maximised her learning. Kelly says: “Swimming has always been my happy place, and I believe that swimming is in my blood. My daughter, who is just four, is exactly the same as me and is such a water baby. She’s already a confident swimmer

Ensure your swimming lessons reign supreme for The Coronation!

We've created some swimming lesson games for you to make a royal splash with leading up to The King's Coronation. Tea Party Set up everything the swimmers need for a tea party on the edge of the pool. Each swimmer gets a tray (float) to set for the tea party. They need to collect a teacup and saucer, a sandwich, and a scone (depending on what toys you have to mimic them) from the side of the pool and travel with it balancing on their

Abu Bakr is a lifeguard turned swimming assistant, who has found teaching to be an incredibly fun job

Abu Bakr is a lifeguard turned swimming assistant, who has found teaching swimming to be an incredibly fun job. Here he talks with us about his journey from being a lifeguard, how swimming teaching fits with his studies, and the importance of representation. The change came at the perfect time as Abu Bakr started to focus on his studies. He says, "I started as a lifeguard, and I was watching the swimming lessons. I always thought that was

New Safeguarding refresher eLearning launched in partnership with Swim England

A new safeguarding refresher eLearning has been launched by the Institute of Swimming and will enable swimming teachers and coaches to update their knowledge. The Swim England Safeguarding Refresher with Mental Health and Self-harm module is open to anyone who has completed the Swim England Child Safeguarding CPD within the last 3 years. Allowing certificate holder to keep their training and knowledge up-to-date. It gives an overview of

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