Swim school teachers, parents and children have been enjoying a safe and happy return to lessons following the #coronavirus lockdowns 🏊 Our Learn to Swim team visited Aqua Aims to see the measures in place! Here's a summary of some key guidance points for swim schools ⤵️

Here's some top tips and advice to follow when handling #LearnToSwim Awards during Covid-19! Check out the video then follow the 🔗 for more 👇

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With lockdown restrictions easing and a warm spell forecast over the looming Easter holidays, we have joined forces with Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK and British Triathlon to stress the importance of being outdoor swimming savvy in a bid to prevent ‘avoidable tragedies’ 🏊 #ReturnToPlay Department for Culture, Media and Sport

It's been great to see so many people enjoying the water again, as many grassroot sports #ReturnToPlay 🏊 Remember, you can use our venue finders to locate sites near you! ▶️ bit.ly/SEOutdoorPools ▶️ bit.ly/OWvenues Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Oliver Dowden | Sport England

If you were able to get in the water today, let's hear your reopening day stories 🏊 💙 What was it like to be back? Let us know in the comments 💬 #ReturnToPlay #outdoorswimming #openwaterswimming

Our Swim England Safeguarding CPDs are now endorsed by CIMSPA ✅ See the link below to read the full story! bit.ly/3fte2bF

LAST CHANCE‼️ Today is the last opportunity to get your hands on tickets for the Swim England Foundation Coach Conference! The event will take place virtually on Sunday 25 April and covers all aquatic disciplines. Bookings will close at midnight tonight ⌛️

Don't miss your exclusive Swim England member benefit in your inbox this week! 📩 Get priority access for swimming and diving tickets as part of the main ballot for #Birmingham2022 🎟 Make sure your email address is up-to-date by visiting ⏩ bit.ly/SE-OMS

💬 "I am passionate about young people gaining lifelong skills and there are few skills as vital as being able to swim" 🏊 Richard Norman, CEO of SLQ Sports leaders network, has joined our Swim England Qualifications board! Read the full story here ➡️ bit.ly/RichardNorman

9⃣6⃣% of youngsters are stopping swimming lessons too early 🏊⚠️ More than 3.4 million seven to 11-year-olds in England are failing to meet minimum standards that have been brought in for swimming lessons outside of school, it’s been revealed. Full story ⬇️ #RespectTheWater

Important message from James Guy‼️ 🗣️ "Think about your child’s safety in the water. It’s absolutely vital they are completely safe and completely competent and they should be in control of what they are doing in the pool" #LearnToSwim #RespectTheWater

✨ 𝟮,𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 for #Birmingham2022 ✨ You can now nominate a Batonbearer for the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in England. Just visit birmingham2022.com/qbr and describe how your nominee is making a difference in their community! #QBR2022 #B2022

Our Introduction to Supporting Swimmers with Long-Term Health Conditions CPD is now available! ⏩ bit.ly/SupportingSwim… ⏪ This will help swimming teachers, coaches, operators and carers improve the experience of aquatic activity for those with long-term health conditions 🏊

On #WorldTeachersDay we want to give a big shout out to all of those who support the aquatics community 👏 Thank you for everything you do 💙 #WorldTeachersDay2022

A range of digital resources to help schools offer ‘life-changing swimming lessons’ are now available free of charge 🏊 It means schools and swimming lesson providers can now access plans, guidance documents, videos, water safety presentations and much more 💻 #WorldTeachersDay

To round off #WorldTeachersDay, check out some of our favourite stories from swimming teachers across the country‼️ 🔹 bit.ly/FlorenceFord 🔹 bit.ly/Alisha-Zadzior… 🔹 bit.ly/MalcolmJohnson 🔹 bit.ly/EmmaDobson And don't forget to watch Rob's story ⤵️

🗣️ "I am honoured to be invited to join the Swim England Qualifications board through the next phase of its journey in serving our aquatic community" We're delighted to welcome Mark Burrows as our new Independent Chair of the Swim England Qualifications board! 👏 More ⏩ bit.ly/Mark-Burrows

We're delighted to be shortlisted for TWO awards at the Federation of Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) (FAB) Awards 2024!✨ We are finalists in the following categories: 🔹Awarding organisation of the year 🔹Awarding organisation/provider relationship of the year - alongside Institute of Swimming