Brian DeVal

The Minister for Sport, Nigel Huddleston, has acknowledged the real problem of too many swimming pools being unable to open. In correspondence with Swim England, he revealed that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is “working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury on a way to … Read more

A new personnel report that will ease the workload on officials and also help clubs meet the requirements of Stronger Affiliation and SwimMark has been created by Swim England. It has been set-up following feedback from clubs which have completed the processes aimed at proving they are safe and sustainable environments for members. The Club … Read more

Swim England has made a number of significant changes to the Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) qualification ahead of the 2020 academic year. The recognised national governing body will now deliver and manage the course in-house and has appointed Loughborough College as the education provider. More than 330 16 to 19 year olds are enrolled … Read more

Our very friendly but competitive club is looking for a new Head Coach. We have approximately 100 swimmers from 9 to 60 years old and a nice home pool where we run sessions 5 days a week. The Head Coach is responsible for our entire swim training programme and oversight of the coaching team. The post is paid a … Read more

New research from Swim England has shown almost a quarter of public pools across the country still remain shut – nearly a month after they were given the green light to reopen. Pools were closed on Friday 20 March as part of the coronavirus lockdown – and operators had to wait 128 days until Saturday … Read more

Swim England is advising its affiliated clubs and members to carry out a full risk assessment before applying for an international permit and booking any training trips abroad. The warning comes following the Government imposing quarantines on travellers returning from certain countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. While Swim England has not banned international travel, … Read more

A total of 276 swimmers have been selected for the Swim England National Development Programme learning and engagement day. The National Development Programme is the third step on the Swim England Extended Talent Pathway – but the first on the national framework. The 13 and 14-year-olds picked will be expected to join a day of … Read more

Swimming can play a key role in helping the Government achieve its goal in tackling obesity – but the project is ‘doomed to fail’ if necessary funding is not provided for struggling leisure facilities. Jane Nickerson, Swim England chief executive, issued the dire warning after Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched the Tackling Obesity: Empowering Adults … Read more

Swim England has released Returning to Training guidance for coaches – to help ensure athletes ease themselves back into action. With pools across the country due to reopen from Saturday 25 July, swimmers will be eager to get back into the water for the first time since 20 March. Although not all clubs will have … Read more

Swim England is ‘proactively working’ on how it can take the next steps towards competitive activity – after announcing the numbers in some group training sessions can now increase. The latest Government guidelines on group numbers means Swim England has updated its Returning to the Pool guidance for clubs. Read the whole guidance

Swim England has issued updates on several of its swimming officials training courses for volunteers now pools have been given a date to reopen across the country. Many of the courses required a practical assessment which were put on hold during the coronavirus lockdown. Read more

Swim England is backing a nationwide campaign urging the Government to commit £800 million to support the recovery of public leisure facilities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The #saveleisure campaign has been launched by Community Leisure UK, ukactive and CIMSPA as community leisure facilities prepare to reopen on 25 July for the first time since … Read more