Swim England news

Mental Health Swims has been awarded almost £18,000 of lottery money to extend its mission to support mental health through swimming. The community organisation was ... More

More than 20 organisations have joined together in the UK to form the Swim Alliance, which will advocate with one cohesive voice and work to ... More

More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to party leaders to commit to making the nation the most ... More

Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first time, as expenditure on swimming and swimming lessons reaches record ... More

Healthcare professionals should consider recommending swimming and aquatic activities to their patients, as they can sometimes be ‘far more powerful’ compared to other healthcare interventions. ... More

In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK government has pledged £63m to support publicly-owned swimming pools and ... More

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named Department for Culture, Media and Sport. She becomes the eleventh culture secretary ... More

The damaging effect of the energy crisis due to government inaction and the impact on the health of the UK population saw Tanni Grey-Thompson lobbying ... More

In his first speech as chair at UK Active, Mike Farrar said the physical activity sector must be “at the heart” of the NHS, the ... More

Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how to evolve the sector from a traditional leisure service into ... More

A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due to rising energy costs, with 40 per cent saying leisure ... More

4 Global has expanded its Data Hub (DataHub) platform into Europe. The announcement was made at the Europe Active-hosted Active Leadership Forum in Berlin. DataHub ... More

Easton Leisure Centre in the UK has announced a 100 per cent reduction in heating costs of its 25m swimming pool this summer. Leading a ... More

Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will start in August 2022 when he takes over the position ... More

Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to help operators manage the impact of rising energy prices. A ... More

Swim England has warned that 2,000 swimming pools could be lost forever unless the government and local authorities "act immediately" and invest in replacing or ... More

The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim Programme, has reached a record high since pools were allowed to reopen to the ... More

A study by virologists at Imperial College London, which is awaiting peer-review, suggests the risk of COVID-19 transmission in swimming pool water is "incredibly low". ... More

The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut down the sector during "Lockdown 2", set to come into ... More

More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to give the sector a ... More

Organised fitness, sports and other leisure activities (including swimming) can continue despite the introduction of the new "Rule of Six" on 14 September – providing ... More

Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a total of 46,000, according to a new report, out today, ... More

Almost a quarter of public swimming pools across the country remain closed – nearly a month after they were given the green light to reopen. ... More

A new digital platform has been launched to help gyms, pools and leisure facilities re-open safely. Developed by digital specialist APEX1, Fit4Access has been designed ... More