Scottish Swimming asks nation to #SupportSchoolSwimming

Support School Swimming event at Dollan Aqua Centre, 1 April 2025. Photographs: ©Hannah Houston Photography. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

School swimming would help bridge the financial barrier and provide fair and equal access for all children to basic swimming and water safety skills, was the key message from Scottish Swimming at a #SupportSchoolSwimming event in South Lanarkshire today. On the back of a nationwide campaign, which launched last week at Tower Hamlets in London,… Continue reading Scottish Swimming asks nation to #SupportSchoolSwimming

ACTION NEEDED: Change to Regulated Roles

Scottish Swimming has today sent an email out to all Club Chairs and WPOs detailing important updates to the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 which come into effect from 1st April 2025. The updates and subsequent changes are centred around the introduction of new assessment criteria for regulated roles. As a result, some Scottish Swimming roles… Continue reading ACTION NEEDED: Change to Regulated Roles

Swimming bodies come together to say “Support School Swimming”

Scottish Swimming School Lessons Clydebank Leisure Centre Photography by Jamie Williamson © Jamie Williamson, all rights reserved jamiewilliamson.com @jwilliamsonpix +44 (0) 7989 437787 [email protected]

As Olympic and Paralympic champions finalise their preparations for the upcoming Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, a campaign is being launched to raise awareness of the vital importance of school swimming across the country. Aquatics GB, Swim England, Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales are joining forces to highlight this issue and rally support from families, aquatic… Continue reading Swimming bodies come together to say “Support School Swimming”

#TrySomethingNew | Learn to Swim

When adults admit to not speaking another languages or never learning to play a musical instrument, we rarely question it, but the same cannot be said about learning to swim. There is a general assumption, like knowing how to read and write, that as an adult we know how to swim and are confident to… Continue reading #TrySomethingNew | Learn to Swim

Scottish Swimming appoints Chris Davison to Board of Directors

Scottish Swimming is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Davison to its Board of Directors. Chris’s career includes extensive experience in developing, implementing and improving financial controls, processes and procedures across broad and varied industries, ranging from small family-owned SMEs to large multinationals across financial services, retail, leisure, healthcare and manufacturing. Chris holds several… Continue reading Scottish Swimming appoints Chris Davison to Board of Directors

Schoolboy raises hundreds after being inspired by Olympian

A schoolboy inspired by his swimming teacher and a meeting with Scotland’s most decorated Olympian has raised over £1k for charity after taking on a 5km swimming challenge. Kieran Gollan, age 12, from Glasgow, raised £1,043 for Marie Curie after swimming non-stop for 200 lengths – a distance of 5,000 metres. Inspired by his swimming… Continue reading Schoolboy raises hundreds after being inspired by Olympian

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New Years Honours for Scottish Athletes and Coach

Duncan Scott and Stephen Clegg have both been recognised in the New Years Honours list for their successful Olympic and Paralympic campaigns, while Karen Kelly, Head Coach of Lanark ASC, has been recognised for services to volunteering. University of Stirling’s Duncan Scott won two medals in the French capital this summer, bringing his Olympic medal… Continue reading New Years Honours for Scottish Athletes and Coach

Scottish population shows support for Swimming Pools

Two years ago Scottish Swimming launched the #SaveOurPools campaign in December 2022 and the fight to save facilities continues with Dundee City Council the latest area to propose pool closures to battle budget deficits. Today Scottish Swimming launches “The Benefits of Swimming Pools”, a document highlighting public support for swimming pools, to serve as a… Continue reading Scottish population shows support for Swimming Pools

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Save Dundee Pools

We are shocked and disappointed at Dundee City Council’s proposals to close 5 school swimming pools in the area. The five schools are Baldragon Academy, Grove Academy, Harris Academy, St Johns RC High School and St Pauls RC High School. These schools host vital swimming lessons, club training sessions, disability sessions and community swimming for… Continue reading Save Dundee Pools

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Water confidence and safety skills shine in inclusive lessons

A national campaign to promote inclusivity in swimming lessons is spotlighting inspiring families from Aberdeen whose experiences demonstrate the life changing impacts swimming can have.   The team behind the Learn to Swim National Framework, have launched the annual ‘See My Ability’ campaign which sets out to highlight that swimming is for everyone and aims… Continue reading Water confidence and safety skills shine in inclusive lessons

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