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STA Launches ‘Jobs in Leisure’ – A Free new Digital jobs Advertisement Board for the Leisure Industry
Hosted on STA Online, or accessed via searching jobsinleisure.org, employers will be able to register for free and upload available vacancies, add detailed job descriptions and contact information – and personalise each post with company logos. For ease, once a job has been uploaded, the employers’ details will also be saved, which for leisure operators… |
10th May 2023 |
Swim Schools – Do You Want To Build A Swimming Pool
This is the case for our next inspirational swim school – SWIM IN A TIN – and Jarred Hill, STA’s Marketing Co-Ordinator recently had a chat with the co-founders Nick Timms and Helen Barge about their swim school, which features an endless pool housed in ‘tin’ containers on a farm in Leamington Spa. Before, we… |
28th March 2024 |
Swim Schools – Do you want to Build a Swimming Pool
As a result, even prior to the pandemic and the energy crisis, STA is seeing more and more swim schools start to build and have control over their own pools – but they are not all being built in places you might think are obvious. They are being built in units on industrial estates, on… |
31st January 2024 |
Love Your Career Podcast
As someone who has worked at the ‘coalface’ in leisure from a young age, as a lifeguard, swimming teacher, tutor, and manager of what was the UK’s largest swim school provider at the time, Dave also shares his honest, personal views about the current swimming teacher and lifeguard shortages, and WHY he is committed as… |
24th January 2024 |
Seasons Greetings from STA’s President
The STA is a national governing body that continues to grow when others are struggling. Why is that? Ask yourself why you chose to join the STA? Ask yourself why you stay? We all have our reasons, but I truly believe that we all agree on one thing – the unwavering support we receive from… |
21st December 2023 |
TIME TO RATE US!
This support didn’t come any bigger than in 2022, when we made a big stand for grassroots swimming by launching STAnd Up for Swimming in response to the swimming teacher shortage. The swimming teaching profession had never seen a campaign as big as STAnd Up, and it was a gigantic effort for a small charity… |
27th June 2023 |
STA and Swim England Join Forces to Tackle ‘URGENT ISSUE’ of Swimming Teacher Shortage
The nation’s two leading learn to swim programmes joined forces to conduct a learn to swim and workforce audit of the aquatics sector. The results found that 65 per cent of learn to swim providers are restricted from growing their learn to swim programme due to the swimming teacher shortage. As a result, the equivalent… |
9th June 2023 |
NEW Workforce Audit Re-emphasises Swimming Teacher Shortages Underlining why STA Continues to Remain Focussed on Providing Support to help Employers with Recruitment, Training and RetentionEveryone involved in grassroots swimming is naturally concerned about the issue of swimming teacher shortages, which is why STA and Swim England recently teamed up to conduct the biggest aquatic workforce audit of its kind. Given the fact that, unlike any other sporting activity, learning how to swim is a key life skill, the results… |
9th June 2023 |
STA Spring Budget Statement: NEW £63 Million Support Package for Swimming Pools
Dave Candler, STA’s CEO, welcomes the news and said: “We are pleased that the Chancellor has listened to the sector’s plea for support, and this investment will provide a lifeline for swimming pools that are struggling with high energy costs. It also positively shows that swimming pools have been recognised for the important role they… |
14th March 2023 |
Mental Health & Wellbeing – Managing Our Moods
This lack of routine can often lead to depression and it is important to be aware of the changes to our mood and what we can do to help ourselves if experiencing symptoms of depression. In my practice as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, we use a technique called Behavioural Activation. Routine and Types of Activities… |
14th June 2021 |
Breaking Barriers – Real Life Stories
Obviously when COVID hit and pools closed in March, the project was put on hold, but its back and below are three inspiring real-life stories all themed around ‘positively changing lives. #BreakingBarriers in Teaching Jade, a mother of 4, was working as a pool deck assistant for a swim school in South Africa when she… |
23rd November 2020 |
COVID-19 Update
Dear Member, I hope you all are continuing to stay safe and well at this difficult time. In response to the many questions I have been receiving lately from swim schools asking for official guidance in preparation for when swimming pools re-open, I wanted to write and confirm that we are looking at many different… |
27th April 2020 |
STA And Leisure Media Extend Partnership to Promote Swimming Teaching
Leisure Opportunities, the jobs and training magazine and website for industry professionals will continue to support STA’s aims of addressing the shortage of swimming teachers in the UK – as confirmed in STA’s latest 2019 research study – by promoting the career opportunities available in swimming to a wider leisure audience over the next 12… |
7th January 2020 |
Supporting Love the Oceans
These much-needed funds will now go towards the maintenance and upkeep of the swimming pool that the Love the Oceans charity are building in Guinjata Bay, an area in Mozambique renown for its rich marine life, to encourage children there to love the water and inspire a life-long love of the ocean. The swimming pool… |
30th November 2019 |
Exhibitors 2019
Who’s Exhibiting at This Year’s Conference? View further information on this years exhibitors by clicking on the names below. |
16th September 2019 |
First Year Partnership Between GLL and STA Boosts Swim Teacher Numbers
In January 2018, a 3-year partnership between GLL and STA began, in which GLL—the UK’s largest leisure charitable social enterprise—would transform the way it delivers swimming teaching qualifications nationally. GLL and STA introduced new training and employment opportunities with significant benefits to swim teachers looking for work and employers looking to recruit. Through GLL College,… |
9th January 2019 |
STA and Leisure Media Sign Partnership to Promote Swimming Teaching
Together, the two organisations will promote the opportunities available in teaching swimming, particularly among people who might not have previously considered becoming a swimming teacher. STA is an independent swimming teaching and lifesaving organisation with more than 11,500 active members and delivers training across four key areas—swimming teaching, lifesaving, first aid and pool plant. Leisure… |
2nd November 2018 |
Become a Swimming Teacher
Becoming a swimming teacher is a fantastic career path for those who are looking for a rewarding, active and challenging role. Will you be next? Where Do I Start? Did you know? All STA qualifications are on the national framework at level 2 or above, meaning you don’t need to train to become an assistant… |
25th October 2018 |
Swimming Teachers Encouraged to Sign Up to New Careers Board Service
To start the process, STA encourages swimming teachers who are currently or might have an interest in the future of looking for extra hours or alternative employment, to sign up to this free email service. Mark Ray, STA’s Head of Marketing said: It’s well documented that there is a massive shortage of swimming teachers in… |
13th September 2016 |
STA Launches New Website to Meet User Needs
The new design follows extensive monitoring of how visitors use the website; evaluating which pages or services are used the most. Click on to STA.co.uk and you’ll see that from the revamped homepage, visitors now have one-click access to the most popular and frequented pages of the website. It’s also less clunky, focusing more on… |
3rd September 2015 |
Scotland Deliver Free Training
With support from the Big Lottery, STA Tutors and Examiners across Scotland have been delivering free swimming teaching training to help more than 100 youngsters gain employment. Facilitated by Anna Roscoe (Swimming Tutor) and Joan O’Sullivan (STA Scottish Development Officer), the free STA courses – the Swimming Teaching Award, Baby & Pre-School and Pool Safety… |
17th November 2014 |
More Success for STA’s Swim Academy Model
The STA Swim Academy, which first launched in Shropshire in 2011 and is now helping to raise swim teaching standards across the country, has achieved further success after figures in Rochdale revealed a huge increase in enrolments and income. The Link4Life Swim Academy, which operates at Middleton Arena, Heywood Sports Village and Rochdale Leisure Centre,… |
1st June 2013 |
The Old Dogs Teaching the New Puppy Tricks
It was 23:15, we had been up since 07:30 and my eyelids were barely staying open. The gentleman sitting opposite me was enthusiastically recounting another tale from his huge experience on swimming teaching – this time on how to deal with a male-only group of Army recruits. I had been working all day with this… |
31st December 2012 |