Volunteer

We continue to be short of volunteer helpers, in particular to support our Saturday morning sessions.

Who volunteers?

Anyone can help, you don’t have to be a proficient swimmer. Just an interest in swimming and helping is needed. The club can teach you all you need to know.

Anyone who has an interest in volunteering is encouraged to join. You could be doing your Duke of Edinburgh, want a new challenge or simply have a couple of hours spare to help out.

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What can I get involved with?

Help support our swimmers in the water. You will work with an experienced instructor at first, and discover how to help swimmers gain confidence in the water and learn to swim.

You can help at our Saturday session or our Tuesday session, or both!
The Tuesday session is an hour long and the Saturday two hours. You may decide to volunteer for just one hour on the Saturday. For either session you don’t have to help every single week.

Administrative tasks, such as helping to maintain our membership list and organising events.

Become a club committee member. Gain committee experience volunteering for a registered charity.

What skills will I gain?

You will gain skills and experience to use towards a career in teaching, health care, working with children, the elderly and people with a range of disabilities.

Regular helpers may choose to undertake the Halliwick Foundation course so you can qualify as a Halliwick Instructor (recognised by the Halliwick Association of Swimming Therapy and the International Halliwick Association).

You may be working towards your Duke of Edinburgh award and want to gain volunteer experience.

DBS Certificate (Disclosure and Barring Service). We’ll help you apply for your DBS certificate. There’s no cost to you, and you can use it if you work/help at other organisations.

How can I get involved?

  1. Introduction to Swans for helpers
  2. General Information
  3. Joining application process
  4. Privacy Notice
  5. Helper DBS Verification Form  (PDF)  (MS Word)

Please come along to one of our sessions.

Hello, my name is Kate…

“I was born with Cerebral Palsy and am permanently in a wheelchair.

As I have got older I can no longer access physiotherapy so my only exercise is on my Mey Walker and swimming.

I love swimming because it makes me feel free and I can actually walk in the pool without holding onto something. I am able to exercise my whole body but especially my upper body which is really good for me. I always sleep better
after a swim.

The volunteer staff at SWANS swimming club are wonderful and caring and I love chatting to them while we swim. I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t go swimming anymore because there were no volunteers. Thank you to everyone that helps me.

There are so many more people like me and we desperately need more volunteers to help.”

Kate, Oxford Swans swimmer