A new agreement between Places Leisure and the Institute of Swimming is set to support more than 116,000 children learning to swim. The partnership will help provide ‘high-quality and fully-qualified’ teachers across the country. The three-year deal will see the Institute of Swimming deliver an aquatic workforce development plan to ensure all teachers are trained to the highest standards. Places Leisure run swimming lessons at more

Mum-of-two Meghan Hawash explains how a change in career led to her dream job. I’m sure everyone has that feeling sometime in their employment life that they’re stuck in a dead-end career, with very few prospects and no job satisfaction. I certainly did. I was hardly enjoying working in retail and when I had my second child, I decided I needed a change in direction. It was then that I noticed an advert on social media offering a

Leisure operators have hailed the Institute of Swimming’s innovative Teachers’ Training Academy for helping them to recruit teachers who “are the very best they can be.” More than 150 people have applied to join the pilot scheme of the Academy in London and Manchester since it was launched by the Institute of Swimming two weeks ago. It’s been created as almost 400,000 people could be missing out on swimming lessons due to a

The Institute of Swimming has launched a fresh approach to training in a bid to solve a nationwide demand for teachers – as almost 400,000 people could be missing out on swimming lessons. A new Teachers’ Training Academy is being launched with leisure operators Everyone Active, in London, and Manchester-based Trafford Leisure which gives trainee teachers the chance to embark on a career as a swimming teacher for the affordable price of

What with tuition fees, rent and a busy social calendar, being a student can be draining on the expenses. These are supposed to be the ‘best years of your life’, or so you’ve been told. But unless you want to eat baked beans on toast all month – which actually is a very healthy addition to a balanced diet – you’re going to need some extra income from somewhere. Don’t fancy wiping tables or stacking shelves? We spoke to recent

Research suggests UK employees are increasingly likely to change career multiple times during their working life. The days of a job-for-life are well and truly gone, with a 2014 study from retirement specialists LV finding the average British worker moving across nine jobs including one major career change before they retire. At the Institute of Swimming, we see people from a range of backgrounds training to become swimming teachers on one