Category: General

Health in Mind benefit from Awards Evening celebrations

Edinburgh-based charity, Health in Mind, are to benefit from proceeds raised at Scottish Swimming’s Awards Evening, held at the end of September at the National Museum of Scotland. £2,000 was raised during the ever-popular Heads and Tails quiz and will help support Health in Mind’s ongoing work providing services and courses to support people and… Continue reading Health in Mind benefit from Awards Evening celebrations

Volunteer Development Strategy sessions

Scottish Swimming is in the process of creating a new Volunteer Development Strategy designed to support and develop existing volunteers as well as enable clubs to attract new volunteers into our sport.   To support the development of the Scottish Swimming Volunteer Strategy, it is important that the volunteer community is consulted as part of the… Continue reading Volunteer Development Strategy sessions

Coaching Futures 2023-24 cohort

Coaching Futures is sportscotland’s performance athlete-to-coach apprenticeship scheme.  The aim of the programme is to assist Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport to utilise the experience of performance athletes and create opportunities for them to transition into coaching.  The apprenticeship provides a unique opportunity to ‘earn while you learn’ by focusing on the development of coaching… Continue reading Coaching Futures 2023-24 cohort

Graeme Marchbank approved as new LEN Bureau Member

Graeme Marchbank, Chair of Scottish Swimming and a Board Director of British Swimming, has been approved as a new LEN Bureau Member – the latest in a line of appointments for British Swimming personnel to international aquatics organisations.  Marchbank, who has been Scottish Swimming Board Chair since 2018 (and non-exec Director since 2015) and part… Continue reading Graeme Marchbank approved as new LEN Bureau Member