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Artistic Swimming Important Information

Artistic Swimming Important Information   Following World Aquatics rule changes the following updates need to be undertaken:   ALL Current Judges – to attend at least 1 of the 3 Zoom online sessions – to upskill to the new system – in order to be able to continue judging at their current Level from 1st Jan 2024.

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Swim England Safeguarding Training Requirements

Swim England is updating its safeguarding training requirements for all members who require a DBS check as part of their role in aquatics and in accordance with Wavepower. From January 1 2024, the national governing body will only accept Swim England Safeguarding training for those working within our clubs, counties and regions as part of our

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Technical Officials and poolside volunteers – We need you!

Thank you for your support at the first two weekends of the regional championships in Norwich. The region is currently short of officials and volunteers for the forthcoming weekend of swimming at the regional championships in Luton. In respect of poolside volunteers, there is a genuine need for volunteers across all sessions. The need for

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National Welfare Forum

The first National Welfare online Forum will be held on Wednesday 26th April starting at 6pm and will be co-hosted by the Swim England Governance and Safeguarding teams. Club, County and Region Welfare Officers are invited to attend and are asked to register via: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NationalWelfareForum

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Connecting with Coaches – Safeguarding

The next Connecting with Coaches sessions will be led by Swim England’s Head of Safeguarding Kevin Suckling and Sport Governance and Welfare Manager Helen Weeks who will be providing an update on Safeguarding including the new team and focus, what happens when a concern is raised to the team and dispelling myths around coach investigations

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Open Water Technical Officials course

Open Water Technical Officials Course These dates are primarily aimed at new Open Water officials, they can either be completely new to officiating or hold an officiating qualification in another discipline. However, any existing Level 1 officials who wish to upskill please complete the survey so that we can establish demand for a session just

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Long Course Championships

Links to the Withdrawal System and Results together with a Programme for the first weekend at Norwich have been added to the Swimming Competitions Page which can be found here.

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Technical Officials and Poolside Volunteers Needed

The region is currently short of officials and volunteers for the forthcoming two weekends of swimming at the regional championships in Norwich. In respect of poolside volunteers, there is a genuine need for volunteers across all sessions. The need for officials is particularly acute for the second weekend (29, 30 April, 1 May) and for

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Long Course Championships – Accepted Entries

The Swimming Competitions page has been updated with the Accepted Entries which can also be found here. No further changes can be made to the Accepted Entries. Officials and Volunteers are still needed for the Championships. If you are able to help on any of the weekends please sign up here. Spectators are welcome at

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