Brian DeVal 
Swim England Talent’s strength and conditioning coach Daniel Waddingham has put together a range of training programmes and exercises that can be done from home. Sessions one and two are designed for 12 to 18-year-olds who are already completing land training programmes in their home club. Sessions three and four are designed for 14 to … Read more
Swim England is to temporarily stop issuing licences for swimming competitions across the country. The decision covers competitions at levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 and includes events which have already been scheduled for later this year. Tom Baster, the chairperson of Swim England’s Swimming Leadership Group, said the decision had been taken to ensure … Read more
Over the next few months, the IoS will be delivering bespoke online workshops and their popular suite of Swim England Qualification accredited CPD seminars online as interactive webinars. More information.
A free online course has been created for Swim England members keen to volunteer as a team manager for their aquatic club. The Team Manager 1 Course is aimed at those who are starting out on their volunteering journey and focuses on single day competitions or camps where there is no overnight stay. It covers … Read more
Swim England has created a new COVID-19 Club Support Toolkit to help its affiliated clubs get through the coronavirus pandemic. The guidance includes a series of case studies on how other clubs have coped, advice on funding opportunities plus information for any employees or self-employed workers. There is also a handy budget planner to allow … Read more
An aquatics-specific safeguarding course has been created by Swim England which will help members and its workforce meet the new Stronger Affiliation guidelines. The Swim England Safeguarding CPD has been created by the recognised national governing body’s child safeguarding, qualifications and educator training teams. Those who complete the qualification will tick off a key element of … Read more
Grants Online have bought together a number of Community Foundations and other organisations that have launched funding programmes to assist local organisations in responding to the challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Below you will find a list of organisations and the types of funding they have made available. This list will be updated over the … Read more
On 14 March Hoddesdon Swimming Club’s junior para swimmers travelled to Sunderland to compete in the National Junior Swimming Competition which was held over the weekend of 14-15th March 2020. Disability Head Coach Janet Warrington said “as the coronavirus was heading towards ‘lock-down’ we were uncertain whether this competition would continue, I am glad it did, … Read more
This new fund aims to help community sport and physical activity organisations who are experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. More information
Swim England is making a ‘fantastic resource’ free of charge to swimming teachers for a limited time. The national governing body’s Expected Standards videos have already been viewed more than 46,000 times by those delivering the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme. More than 100 on demand films showing the expected standards learner swimmers should … Read more
Special Olympics East Herts hosted their 5th Spring SOGB Eastern Regional Swimming Competition at The Herts Sports Village in Hatfield on Saturday evening 7th March 2020. Event organiser Janet Warrington said “we were so lucky that we were able to let this event go ahead. It was one of the last regional competitions to be … Read more
Due to the current ongoing situation with Covid-19 and the advice coming from Government and Swim England the following Swim England Hertfordshire events are cancelled for 2020. Masters Championships Open Water Training sessions & Championships 1-Direction Training Camps
