Research and Insight News – Swim England https://www.swimming.org/swimengland The business of swimming Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:58:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Research reveals more youngsters are swimming at least once a week https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/active-lives-children-survey-2019/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/active-lives-children-survey-2019/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:01:34 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=8926 More youngsters are swimming at least once a week, according to new research published by Sport England. The Active Lives Children and Young People survey has revealed 2,073,600 five to 16-year-olds took part in aquatic activity at least once a week during the last academic year (2018-19). That’s a rise of 189,100 (2.4 per cent) … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/active-lives-children-survey-2019/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/12/Children-swimming-web.jpg Study says swimming benefits mental health https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-study-says-swimming-benefits-mental-health/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-study-says-swimming-benefits-mental-health/#respond Sun, 07 Oct 2018 23:30:47 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=4224 Swimming has significantly reduced the symptoms of anxiety or depression for 1.4 million adults in Britain, according to research released today. In addition, almost half a million (492,000) British adults with mental health conditions who swim say that they have reduced the number of visits to a medical professional regarding their mental health as a … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-study-says-swimming-benefits-mental-health/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/10/love_swimming.jpg How swimming can help your Mind https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swimming-help-mind/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swimming-help-mind/#respond Fri, 18 May 2018 13:16:48 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=3538 As Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs until 20 May, focuses on stress, Hayley Jarvis, community programmes manager for mental health charity Mind, explains how swimming can benefit mental wellbeing. “We all know that taking part in physical activity like swimming is good for our bodies. But our physical health and mental health are actually … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swimming-help-mind/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/05/landing-page-option-01.jpg Sign up to our open water forum https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sign-up-to-our-open-water-forum/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sign-up-to-our-open-water-forum/#respond Tue, 01 May 2018 08:08:31 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=3348 We are running a free open water forum at SportPark, Loughborough on Thursday 17 May 2018. We are hosting this event to help you grow your business and increase participation in your open water sessions. We are also keen to hear your views on how you think Swim England can provide you with the best … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sign-up-to-our-open-water-forum/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/03/OpenWaterParticipants1200px.jpg New report shows competitive swimmers can be cleverer https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-report-shows-competitive-swimmers-can-cleverer/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-report-shows-competitive-swimmers-can-cleverer/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:06:47 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=2663 A new report reveals that swimming training can increase a young person’s ability to concentrate and learn at school. In particular, training stimulates the mind for up to three hours which can help to improve exam performance. The report has been written by Ian Cumming, CEO of Health Education England and Chairman of Swim England’s … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-report-shows-competitive-swimmers-can-cleverer/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2017/10/ian_cumming_holding_report_competitive_swimmers_cleverer.jpg Swimming helps over 45s stay active https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swimming-helps-45s-stay-active/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swimming-helps-45s-stay-active/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:09:21 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=382 More people aged over 45 are swimming regularly, according to statistics released today by Sport England. Each week, over 2.5 million adults head to the pool to take part in a range of swimming activities, of which 47 per cent are aged 45 and over. As well as helping to stay physically active, for many … […]

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