News Filter results All categories Aquatic Providers CWPC Disability Swimming Diving General Blog Generic News Glasgow 2014 Masters Members Open Water Participation Rio 2016 Swim Social Blog Swimming Synchro Water Polo 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Significant step as clubs return #BackToTheWater 18/09/2020 After a long wait, many pools across Scotland are now opening their doors and welcoming back the aquatics community. With the green light given on August 31st, many leisure trusts and aquatic providers have been working tirelessly to ensure a safe... More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Children across Scotland celebrate as swimming lessons restart 15/09/2020 THOUSANDS of youngsters are set to return to swimming pools across Scotland as swimming lessons restart following the six-month closure caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Scottish Governing Bodies Forum and Executive Group Statement 02/09/2020 This week marks an important next step towards the return of sport in communities across the country with indoor sports courts and swimming pools now able to reopen in line with the latest Scottish Government public health guidance. More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google First Steps Back to the Water 31/08/2020 Today, for the first time in nearly six months, a small number of club swimmers will be able to experience their first pool swim after lockdown. This follows the Government announcement on 20th August that pools can open from 31st August. More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water Learn to Swim Partnership Extended 31/08/2020 Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water's Learn to Swim partnership which has helped to create 100,000-strong new generation of young, safe swimmers through Leisure Trusts and Aquatic Providers across Scotland, is being extended for a fourth year, in... More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Back to the water guidance documents 21/08/2020 Scottish Swimming is pleased to share guidance documents highlighting new measures to help ensure a safe return to our sport. Through direct dialogue with the Scottish Government, Scottish Swimming has provided detailed information for clubs, pool... More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Swimming pools finally given green light to reopen 20/08/2020 Twenty-three weeks after lockdown measures were introduced, swimming pools have been given the green light to reopen in Scotland from Monday 31st August. The 300+ pages of clear, thorough and robust guidance submitted by Scottish Swimming have inf... More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Joint statement on a return to sport 20/08/2020 In recent months a wide range of partners across the sporting system, including the Scottish Government, sportscotland, Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport (SGBs), local authorities and leisure trusts, the third sector, as well as the further and h... More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Crucial week for sport in Scotland 17/08/2020 Thursday will see the First Minister provide her three week review of Scotland’s route map out of lockdown, with encouraging signs that the review could see an earlier opening for swimming pools and indoor sports facilities than the indicative dat... More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Action needed now to #saveleisure 13/08/2020 Yesterday’s announcement that Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield is to remain closed indefinitely should send shock waves around the country and a clear message for all affected: the leisure industry needs urgent financial help. More information Share On Twitter Share On Facebook Share On Google Next Page