SENW Young Volunteer Award (Online)

The Swim England North West (SENW) Young Volunteer Award (YVA) is designed to provide young people, between the ages of 14 and 17 the opportunity to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to prepare them as Volunteers within Aquatic Sport.  The Award has been designed to suit young people from any Aquatic Discipline, (Swimming, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming and Diving).

Young Volunteers (YV) must be available to attend the following 2 dates – Monday 3rd March 2025 and Monday 10th March 2025, and will then have 12 months from the 2nd Zoom session to complete the course (the course must also be completed prior to the YV’s 18^th Birthday). Failure to attend both either of the workshop, will result in the Young Volunteer being unable to complete their Award.

The Award aims to:

• Provide young individuals with an overview of the different volunteering pathways; coaching/teaching, events and officiating
• Provide information about the different roles which volunteers undertake to continue the development of aquatic sports
• Support and develop transferable skills, which can be used to enhance education and future job applications
• Provide young individuals with volunteering experience which can be evidenced and utilised in conjunction with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

The YVA is comprised of a number of workshops and modules:

• Pre Course Knowledge and Introduction into Swim England and Swim England North West.
• Online Workshops (over 2 sessions via Zoom)
• Shadowing Evidence – submitted on Google Classrooms
• Variety of Online Activities, Modules and CPDs – all submitted on Google Classrooms
• Officiating Qualification (potential additional cost may be incurred but upon FULL completion of the Qualification, the YV’s can apply for a full reimbursement)
• Post Course Feedback

SENW have been approved by The DofE as a ‘(DofE) Centre’ which means that as an organisation we are able to offer the Volunteering, Physical and Skills sections of the DofE Awards.  Any person wishing to complete their DofE Awards will need to find another ‘(DofE) Centre’ that can offer the Expedition Section of their Award.

Many students are fortunate enough to be able to take part in The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award through their Secondary School, however others may not be in such a fortunate position.  Please contact SENW Regional Office for further information about completing your DofE through ourselves (please note this is only available to anyone completing their Young Volunteer Award through SENW) clubdevelopment@swimnorthwest.org

Criteria:

• Young Volunteers must be a minimum of 14 years of age on the date of the first Zoom session.
• Individuals must have completed the award before their 18th birthday.

Course requirements are:

• Young Volunteers MUST be available for both of the online workshops and attend them in full.
• All work must be completed within 12 months of the 2nd Workshop Date (i.e. 10th March 2026)
• Young Volunteers MUST inform their club they are taking part in the YVA prior to registering
• Parent/Guardian AND Child email addresses must be provided in order to ensure course information is received and actioned where required (parent/guardians will be included in all email correspondence)

The award will utilise Google Classroom – please ensure your email is linked to a Google Account to access this.

Anyone wishing to complete their Young Volunteer Award must ensure their club is aware before registering, this is to ensure sure they are able to support the athletes through the 12 months.

Dates for the Online Zoom Workshops

• Monday 3rd March 2025: (17:30-20:30 approx)
• Monday 10th March 2025: (17:30-20:00 approx)

Important Information:

Parent/Athlete Guidance Document

Code of Conduct

SENW Terms and Conditions

By signing up to this Young Volunteer Award, parents are giving consent for their child to be on zoom sessions and also provide evidence via Google Classrooms.

To secure your place on the online workshops, please complete the information required below and make payment.

The closing date for this event has been extended from 9am Friday 21st February 2025, or once the course is full.