Swim 21 News
Rolling headline news - specific news for Swim 21 will be published here.
Young Aquatics Volunteers programme for 2010/2011
ASA South West Region and south west County ASAs have been awarded ASA funding for the Young Aquatics Volunteers programme for 2010/2011
Your club can be involved in the initiative which forms a partnership between the ASA South West, your County Association and your club.
The young volunteers programme involves young volunteers aged between 15 and19 years of age (volunteers can be 14 but must be 15 years of age by the end of March 2011) from clubs, being invited to assist with activities within a swim21 club environment and gain an insight in to the role and structure and management of a voluntary sports club.
ASA South West and your County will require the young volunteers to complete a minimum of 25 hours voluntary service within a swim 21 club, which can include a variety of different tasks over different areas.
The objective is to increase voluntary involvement within swimming clubs through a proactive working relationship. The young volunteers will also be offered a series of training courses with additional development opportunities such as volunteering at local competitions and County Championships.
Please note this opportunity is offered to volunteers from all aquatic disciplines.
The Swimming Trust / Schwepps Abbey Well Teacher Coach Education and Training Grant Fund
Coca Cola boosts coaches to get an expected 22,000 more people swimming with the The Swimming Trust / Schwepps Abbey Well Teacher Coach Education and Training Grant Fund!
Gaining a coach education qualification is vital in developing the all aquatic sports. Undertaking such training is often expensive. To help support training costs The Swimming Trust with the support of Schwepps Abbey Well have created a grant fund for selected candidates from affiliated and accredited clubs. Click here for more information.
Who is eligible?
The ASA Swimming Conference … it’s your sport
Saturday 23 October 2010 (9am to 3pm) - Holywell Park, Loughborough
The ASA Swimming Conference is your chance to talk to the ASA and discuss how we can work together to drive the sport’s future development.
This year’s conference is aimed at those involved in club administration and we want to develop a real two-way dialogue between staff and delegates on the day.
As well as guest speakers David Sparkes (Chief Executive of the ASA) and Baroness Sue Campbell (Chair of UK Sport), all delegates will have the opportunity to attend workshops and visit the ‘communication zone’ where you will be able to chat to ASA staff on any matters that concern your club, whether that’s workforce, volunteering, talent, purchasing Awards, swim21 or the ASA website.
Click to read the draft programme.
Workshops
The day will also feature a number of interactive workshops that will run both in the morning and afternoon to give delegates the chance to attend the two that interest them most. The full list of workshops is:
Good Practice Guidelines on the use of Social Networking Sites
The ASA has issued new guidance to advise clubs how to deal with the world of social networking from a child safeguarding point of view. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and video-sharing sites like You Tube provide exciting opportunities but they are accompanied by dangers and negative consequences if abused by users.
This is why the ASA has published the *Good Practice Guidelines on the use of Social Networking Sites by ASA Clubs and Club Members created by the legal department of the ASA with guidance of offical bodies. The purpose of this guidance is to provide a recommendation of best practice to all ASA club members and parents on the use of social networking sites as they relate to that individual’s role in the ASA club.
The ASA has also produced a specific guide for Twitter. The Parents' Guide to Twitter (web book version) is a step-by-step guide for parents on using the social micro-blogging web service. It explains what Twitter is, how to set up an account and how to use it. It should be read in conjunction with the Wavepower guidance on using social networks.
* Download Good Practice Guidelines below. Document is Wavepower 2009 – 2011 (August 2010) Section 2 Page 66A.
Still time left to make your Kellogg’s ASA Swimtastic Awards nominations
Families who love to swim still have the chance to join Britain’s top aquatic athletes in the pool and receive a national award at a celebratory ceremony. All you have to do is put yourself forward in the next few days!
Nominations for the Kellogg’s ASA Swimtastic Awards close on 31 August 2010 but the ASA are still looking for people like the Owusu-Agyemang family who took the Swim4Life Family Swim Award last year.
Coca-Cola boosts coaches to get an expected 22,000 people swimming
Coca-Cola Great Britain is supporting the training of over 120 new swimming teachers and coaches as part of its commitment to get people active on the road to 2012.
The announcement follows on from the success of the company’s ‘Schweppes Abbey Well’ ‘Schwim Free’ campaign. The scheme enables consumers to enjoy a free swim by exchanging promotional ‘Schweppes Abbey Well’ bottle tops at participating pools in England, Scotland and Wales. In the first year over 47,000 swims were redeemed.
When the scheme was launched in March 2009, Coca-Cola committed to make a donation to projects to get Britain swimming, and has now donated £50,000 to The Swimming Trust (TST). The money will be used for a Teacher Coach Education Grant Fund offering training opportunities for volunteers within Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Water Polo clubs across the UK.
ASA British Gas Club Grants scheme
The second phase of ASA British Gas club grants scheme closes on 6 September 2010. This is a fantastic opportunity to secure funding for your club.
Applications from Swim 21 accredited clubs and those actively working towards are invited to apply. Grants are available up to £1000 to help with developing your club and activities.
Last quarter the scheme was over subscribed so apply now, to the regional office. To improve your chances of being successful, clubs are asked to ensure that their grant application matches their club development plan.
For more information please contact the Regional Office on 01452 39615 or download the application form and guidance notes below.
ASA Coaching Awards Coach Nomination Form
The Regional Workforce Awards Ceremony is taking place as part of SW Learning Week on Saturday 18 September 2010.
We are aiming for and would love to receive at least 105 Coach Nomination forms to be submitted by 1 September 2010 (15 per CSP)
Please circulate to all your contacts in clubs, schools, leisure centres, swim schools etc and encourage people to recognise their workforce.
If every club makes just one nomination we will easily surpass this target, before adding in leisure centres, school swimming or swim schools!
All you need to do is download the Coach Nomination form below and complete it electronically - click 'Submit' on the front page for the completed form to be emailed direct to Kelly Gaffney.
CoachNominationFormv9-Kelly.pdf 361.36 kB
Sport England Small Grants Programme
The Small Grants Programme is designed to help local communities increase access to sport or to improve the experience of people playing sport.
Download and unzip the file below for a pre-application checklist and a guide which will give you answers to important questions such as:
- Who can apply?
- What they will and what they won’t fund?
- How to apply for funding?
- What makes a good application?
SmallGrantsProgrammeGuidancepdf.zip 366.64 kB
New course pricing structure now in operation
The pricing structure for ASA coaching and teaching qualifications has now come into effect.
From 1st August 2010 the recommended retail price of Level 1 courses increased from £370 to £395; Level 2 has gone up from £650 to £680 and Level 3 course costs have increased by £100 to £1,900.