Co-creation of the future of Coaching

Swim England is consulting with coaches, participants, parents and clubs on a new strategy to be published later this year.

The Co-Creation of the Future of Coaching is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of aquatic coaching and your insights and experiences are crucial to this process.

It aims to redefine the purpose of coaching, highlighting best practices, and build a more supportive, inclusive and collaborative coaching culture.

We would encourage you all to take a few minutes to complete the survey as your feedback will help create better experiences for coaches, participants and clubs, ensuring people flourish and thrive in aquatics.

If you haven’t yet received an email with the survey by 15 February, or you have any questions around the new strategy, please email coaching@swimming.org

Face-to-face workshops

These are for coaches to attend and will be held across the country during March, with the sessions taking place at two times – 1.30pm to 4pm and 5.30pm to 8pm – at each venue.

East Region Workshop

Thursday 20 March: Holiday Inn Lakeview, Bridge Rd, Impington, Cambridge CB24 9PH

Workshops in the other Regions

North East - Wednesday 5 March: Days Inn by Wyndham Wetherby,

North West - Thursday 6 March: Macdonald Hotel and Resorts, Preston

East Midlands - Wednesday 12 March: SportPark, , Loughborough University

West Midlands - Thursday 13 March: Mercure Birmingham West Hotel, West Bromwich

London - Wednesday 19 March: Hyatt Regency, Stratford City, London

South West - Wednesday 26 March: Holiday Inn, Taunton

South East - Thursday 27 March: Holiday Inn, Guildford

The workshops will run alongside the surveys and discussions will be held around some of the points raised, based on analysis of the data. Ideas and opinions from all attendees will be taken on board and used to help form the Co-creation of the Future of Coaching.

Swimming Officials Question and Answer CPD Session

Swim England East Region are running an officials question and answer CPD session via zoom on 12^th February at 7.00pm. To sign up or to submit a question, concerning “Technical questions and/or training areas of swimming officiating, please use the link below.

The session will be delivered by David Metcalf, Swim England East Region Swimming Manager and Tom Baster, Chairperson of the Swim England Swimming Leadership Group and World Aquatics Technical Official.

The session is open to all officials JL1 and above and I would encourage you to attend if possible as officiating issues in general will be discussed.

Promoters

Promoters are asked that promoters conditions contain up to date guidance from Wavepower in relation to the taking of photographs / videos at events, and that this guidance is communicated to spectators, competitors and volunteers.

There are a range of ways event organisers can inform participants, spectators and volunteers about the photography policy, including;

• Pre-event registration, consent or information forms;
• Packs and leaflets for all event staff and volunteers, Members and parents;
• Pre-event induction or training for staff and volunteers;
• Event programmes;
• Posters and signage around the venue;
• Public address announcements during the event.

Good Governance

Get support in your committee role by attending one of Swim England's role-specific workshops. 

Good Governance Chair workshop 

10th February - 18.00, 21st February - 12.00, 11th March - 18.15 or 21st March - 12.00

Good Governance Secretary and Membership Officer workshop 

Monday 3rd March - 18.00 - 20.00

Good Governance Welfare officer workshop 

12th February - 18.30, 28th February - 12.00 or 10th March - 18.00 

The sessions for the Chairman and Welfare officer are mandatory for the role. If you have already attended a session this year, there's no need to attend again however, it is recommend attending a session every 12-18 months.

East Region Welfare

Welfare Officers

A reminder that all Welfare Officers must have completed SE Safeguarding, Time to Listen and have a valid DBS with barred list check before they undertake the role. Once in post, attendance at the SE Good Governance Welfare Officer Workshop is mandatory.

The names and contact details of the Welfare Officer(s) must be clearly communicated and publicised to all Members. This ensures that should anyone at the organisation have a concern they are clear on who they can refer that concern to.

The email address used by the Welfare Officer must not be a personal email account, and should be formatted in a way that references both the role of the welfare officer and the organisation. Only Welfare Officers should have access to this email account.

In order to ensure the Welfare Officer is independent it is mandatory that they are not related to, or in a close relationship with either the chair/owner/proprietor, or any other coach/swimming teacher of the organisation they are Welfare Officer at. This is to remove the potential for bias, or the perception of bias when handling any safeguarding or welfare concern and to give Members the confidence to report any concerns they have to the organisation.

National Welfare Forum

The next National Welfare Forum is on Monday 17^th February 2025 at 6pm.

The National Welfare Officers will be sending out a new booking link soon to register. If you do not receive this please contact clubdevelopment@swimming.org

Welfare Contacts

Regional Welfare Officer – Fran fran.vesztrocy@swimming.org or eastwelfare@swimming.org

SE DBS – DBS@swimming.org

SE Safeguarding – safeguarding@swimming.org

Raising a concern with SE Safeguarding - https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/how-raise-concern-complaint/

Wavepower - https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/wavepower-child-safeguarding-for-clubs/

SE Inclusion Hub - https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/inclusion/

Artistic Swimming Courses 

Both the Assistant Chief Recorder and Judge 2 courses are now full. To join a waitlist for future courses please complete the appropriate form below:

ACR

Assistant Chief Recorder Expression of Interest – Swim England

Judge 2

Artistic Swimming Judge 2 Expression of Interest – Swim England

For more details please email volunteering@swimming.org

Diving Courses 

Swim England will be running a Recorder course on 15 Feb 2025 at the Plymouth Armada cup. This is a course designed for aspiring club/regional recorders wanting to learn more about how to set up, run and manage an event using DiveRecorder, who may wish to progress to recording at national events To express an interest in attending please complete the form on the link below:

Diving Recorder Expression of Interest – Swim England

There is now a schedule for delivery of diving Judge 1 for 2025. To express an interest in attending this course please complete the form on the link below:

Diving Judge 1 Expression of Interest – Swim England

The current dates are 3 March, 2 June, 22 September and 1 December. Places will be offered on a first come first served basis and a waitlist will be in operation. Invitations will be sent prior to each course.

For more details please email volunteering@swimming.org

Qualifications 

East Region-Based Qualifications:

• 13047 Swim England Assistant Artistic Swimming Coach 04/02/2025 - Hatfield Swim Centre
• 13370 Swim England Assistant Swimming Coach 12/02/2025 - George Campbell Leisure Centre
• 12813 Swim England Assistant Swimming Coach 25/02/2025 - Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre
• 12698 Swim England Assistant Swimming Coach 14/03/2025 - Runnymede Leisure Centre
• 12327 Swim England Assistant Water Polo Coach 02/04/2025 - Riverside LC - Chelmsford

James Salmon

Regional Manager

james.salmon@swimming.org

Jo Stalley

Regional Operations Officer

jo.stalley@swimming.org

Fran Vesztrocy

Regional Welfare Officer

fran.vesztrocy@swimming.org

Emma Winter

Regional Administrator

emma.winter@swimming.org

General Enquiries

east@swimming.org

+44 (0) 7583 694233

Regional Welfare & Safeguarding

eastwelfare@swimming.org

01509 640378