Timetable
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Registration: Tea & Coffee |
| 09.00 - 09.15 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 09.15 - 09.45 | Guest speakers |
| 09.45 - 10.00 | Marketplace: Tea & Coffee |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Workshop – session 1 |
| 11.05 - 12.05 | Workshop – session 2 |
| 12.10 - 13.10 | Workshop – session 3 |
| 13.15 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 | Departure |
| (Subject to change) | |
Workshop sessions
Effective Pool Programming
An effective swimming pool programme is essential if you are to cater for the diverse needs of your community and encourage more people to swim and take part in aquatic activities as a part of the wider sport, physical activity and health agendas.
Cutting pool running costs
Swimming pool halls consume more energy per unit area than almost any other building type. This workshop will help pool operators and managers to ensure that energy is managed efficiently and effectively in their swimming pools.
Improving health through aquatics
Swimming is a lifetime sport that benefits the body and the whole person! But what is it that makes swimming good, specifically? This workshop will look at the wide ranging health benefits of swimming and the diverse range of activities on offer.
Customers: Retaining existing & attracting new
Swimming pools are reliant on the income generated from its customers. This workshop will look at innovative schemes that have both increased the number of new customers and greatly improved retention rates.
Transforming holiday programmes
Many pool providers offer the traditional recreational “free swimming” holiday weeks. This workshop will look at how you can develop new, innovative and sustainable holiday programmes through the introduction of more structured fun sessions.
Swimming in diverse communities
Attracting new target markets is about ensuring that your pool offers a friendly environment that promotes both equality and inclusion. This session will provide some practical advice and case studies on how to open up your programme to new, underrepresented user groups.
Aquatics workforce - Turning your pool into a gym!!
More and more people are turning to aquatics activity as a way to stay fit, keep healthy and improve sporting performance. This workshop will show how you can develop your staff and programme by providing a range of new “aquatic gym” activities from aqua jogging to aquafit and aqua circuits to fitness swimming.
MEND - Improving child health & tackling obesity
MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) is a social enterprise that works with local, regional, national and international partners to achieve their shared vision of fitter, healthier and happier families. This workshop will highlight some model aquatic projects that have successfully tackled child health & childhood obesity.
Writing YOUR aquatics strategy
The asa has now produced its strategy for the next 4years. This workshop will provide an insight into this strategy and some practical support and advice on how to develop your own aquatics strategy that will meet the needs of your local community and the wider aspirations of the governing body.
