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In today’s rapidly changing world of sport and leisure, providers of swimming programmes must focus on the delivery of a best value service, which makes a real difference to the lives of people. Aquamark is the asa swimming programmes quality scheme and has been developed to assist providers of swimming programmes to meet these challenges.
Aquamark is original and unique, designed specifically to help organisations providing swimming programmes to improve and enhance the service. It has been designed for all organisations involved in providing swimming programmes, including:-
- Local Authorities
- Private Leisure Contractors
- Swimming Clubs
- Private Swim Schools
- Local Education Authorities
To assist in improving the level of swimming ability in the UK.
This is broken down into the following objectives:-
- To ensure effective implementation of the asa National Plan for Teaching Swimming, or the principles implicit in the National Plan for Teaching Swimming;
- To assist the provision of a consistently effective service to customers and participants, and to ensure that this service continues to improve in the future;
- To provide a framework to assist organisations to meet the requirements of Best Value;
- To provide a benchmark to which swimming programme providers can aspire;
- To facilitate the sharing of best practice and to develop role models;
- To encourage the continuing professional development of teachers and coaches;
- To provide information on effectiveness of service delivery to customers and participants;
- To provide an external validation of performance.
| Aquamark comprises of three main sections: |
1. Programme Criteria
Principles relating to how organisations providing swimming programmes should operate (developed by the swimming industry)
2. Self Assessment
Instructions and guidance regarding carrying out Self Assessment against the Aquamark Criteria, to enable providers to measure progress and plan and implement improvements.
3. Assessment
Assessment is against the Aquamark Criteria, carried out by industry experts who are trained as assessors. This provides an external, objective peer assessment of strengths and areas for improvement, and potentially results in formal industry recognition in one of two categories:
i) Approved Scheme - Organisations meeting the requirements in:
- Module 1 - Programme Operation
- Module 2 - Staffing
ii) Premier Scheme - Organisations meeting the requirements in:
- Module 1 - Programme Operation
- Module 2 - Staffing
- Module 3 - Participant/Customer Relations
- Module 4 - Policy and Strategy
| Do you need some guidance on the process? |
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Click here for guidance on the process.
Email us at aquamark@swimming.org
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