2022/2023 Young Volunteer Programme Applications are now Open

Please see below details of the 2022-23  Swim England South West Region Young Volunteer Programme.

The aim of this year’s programme is to retain and offer opportunities to   athletes who may be thinking of giving up their training, as well as offering opportunities to those whose training sessions may have been reduced due to lack of pool time available to them during unprecedented times.

The Programme will run from October 2022 until the end of July 2023

• Aimed at 15 -18-year-old volunteers from clubs and open to all disciplines.

With 25 hours of volunteering to be completed by end of July 2023 (hours attending workshops working on projects can be counted towards their volunteering hours)  

All delivery for this year’s programme will be via online workshops which will be run by Swim England South West Region and will include:

• Overview and briefing on the annual programme and the content - to include logbooks.
• Online Workshops - (hosted regionally via zoom )
• Volunteering opportunities will be offered by the Club, County and the Region as and when permissible and available.
• Project based activity in line with the National Youth Advisory Panel projects. 

Additional information:

• Logbooks will be given to all volunteers 
• A guide to mentoring will be given to club mentors 
• Club mentors will be invited to attend the workshops offered to the Young Volunteers 
• The Region will offer support and guidance to clubs.

Young volunteers will need to complete the online  application form no later than 30th September 2022  -   https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KZS23GQ

The Induction session for Young Volunteers and Club Mentors will take place on Saturday 15th  October 2022  at 10.00am via Zoom  

Jackie Hilleard Swim England South West Regional Development Coordinator 

Email jackiehilleard@gmail.com