What is swim 21?: The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) is the Governing body
for the sport of swimming in England. Swimming Clubs affiliated to the ASA must
comply with it's rules and the laws of swimming.
To ensure
that affiliated clubs offer quality swimming programmes, the ASA has developed
a swimmer and club development model called
Swim 21, which provides a benchmark to which clubs can measure themselves. Clubs that achieve all the standards are then accredited with SWIM 21 status.
What do clubs have to do? Meeting the Swim 21
standards is a long process. Colne
Swimming Club began it's work on Swim 21 in 1999 with an audit of it's swimming
program and the club structure. But
after two years the application was lost at the ASA. The application was then
found but the format had been changed. In 2003 we re-started the process. At
the end of this process an action plan was submitted to the ASA for approval and to address areas needing attention. Throughout this year elements of the
action plan have been implemented.
In August 2005 the
Club was awarded Swim21 at the Silver Standard for Teaching. Then in November 2005 we
were award Swim 21 at the Silver Standard for Skill Development.
In March 2010 the
Club was awarded Swim21 at the Foundation - Masters/Swimming..
In September 2010 the
Club was re-accredited Swim21 for Teaching, Skill Development
and Masters in the Swimming Discipline..
In December 2013 the
Club was re-accredited Swim21 club Essential. The process was done on-line using the ASAs new web portal. At the same time
the old Teaching, Skill Development and Masters was phased out to be replaced with Swim21 club Essential.
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In September 2014 the
Club was re-accredited Swim21 club Essential. The process was done on-line with much of the work done in the last 12
months still valid and could be re-used.
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How are clubs assessed? Following implementation of the action
plan, clubs go through a self-assessment against a range of elements are
required to score themselves against these criteria. The assessment and
evidence are submitted to an ASA assessment panel for their consideration.
COLNE SWIMMING CLUB IS NOW ACCREDITED FOR CLUB ESSENTIAL
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF!
Swim
21 states that all
swimmers and parents need to aware of certain information.
These
are:
·
Doping
Protocol (certain medication can contain banned substances)
·
Clubs
Equity Policy
·
Clubs
Code of Conduct and Ethics
·
The
Club Adopts the ASA Child Protection Policy.
All the information relating to the above subjects can be
found on the notice board at the pool.