Emma Lewis’ Post

An interesting read (especially if you’re of the 90’s Pulp generation!) and well deserved credit George Modler 👏🏻

Last weeks Aquatics Team Training Day brought together 70 team members from across GLL to network, share and learn. Reading everyone's feedback has blown me away in terms of the positivity, creativity, commitment to achieving our Water Safety priorities and honesty in the challenges we face. What is absolutely clear is that the day was all about connection and purpose. It helped people feel valued, gave them an opportunity to be heard and reminded us all that we are part of something bigger and that we are stronger and can have a greater impact together. I'd like to thank Jess Hammond, Andrew Clark, Matthew Breckon and Ibrahim Mehmet for their help in organising and delivering a fantastic day. Thanks also to the rest of my team for their support and all those who contributed to our 'Spotlight on Success' presentations. Director attendance and support from Joseph Rham & Simon Sen was also really appreciated by all. It's safe to say, we will be doing this again 🙌🙌 GLL Nicola Charnock Jennie Maccready Beeba Heskins

I'm sharing this update as a proud board member of Active Essex This Implementation Plan details how the organisation will deliver it's Fit For the Future strategic commitments over the next 12 months. It sets out clear objectives and links to the organisational values and wider system strategies. It builds on learning from existing projects and commits to future learning and development. A detailed plan, presented in a really user friendly format. Great job Team, I can't wait to see the outcomes 👏

Reflecting on a flying visit to Manchester this time last week. Hosted at the fantastic National Cycling Centre, we joined our Managers from the Swimming pools to share guidance and best practise and to discuss pool programming. A productive and engaging day getting to meet new colleagues and catch up with old friends. Thank you for having us Manchester 🙏 Ian Harkins Andrew Clark Emma Foden PhD Leila Bendrimia Nicola Charnock Jackson Garner Roxanne Walker

An exciting opportunity to join the National Aquatics Team with GLL, the UK's leading Social Enterprise Leisure Operator! We are on a mission to save lives in our local communities through drowning prevention and ensuring everyone has an opportunity to learn to swim. I am looking for someone who is passionate about swimming and empowering the people in their team to create fantastic customer service and swimming lesson experiences. If you think this could be the career for you, please check out the link or drop me a message for more details. Closing date: Friday 15th April

Working with our partners Level Water, part funded by Sport England, we are excited to be advertising some brand new job opportunities as an Inclusion Swim Specialist. If you are a Swimming Teacher in Swindon, Lewisham or the surrounding areas, with experience in teaching SEND lessons, please have a look at the job adverts below for more information: Lewisham : https://lnkd.in/eWZjFhp3 Dorcan https://lnkd.in/eAK_FcBv Link https://lnkd.in/efhEA4Cm Ian Thwaites Matthew Maguire Jennie Maccready Rachael Barnes Andrew Clark

Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of spending the day, face to face, with my team for a day of reflection on our 2023 achievements and focusing on our 2024 priorities. Starting with a tour of Ironmonger Row Baths and the fantastic new Old Street Spa with Arkin Mert and moving on to Finsbury Leisure Centre hosted by Katie Doyle A huge congratulations to Jennie Maccready for her well deserved Better People Award for the National Aquatics Team. Jennie’s enthusiasm for galvanising her team to make sure the Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK Winter Water Safety message reached thousands of primary school pupils across her region was incredible. The passion she demonstrates for providing opportunities for children to learn to swim and making lessons fun and engaging is reflected in themed lessons and motivated teachers in her pools. Finally, the positive way that Jennie manages and communicates with her team was reflected in their willingness to share positive feedback and genuine excitement that she had been given the award. Jennie has built a friendly and nurturing environment for her team where the phrase ‘there’s no such thing as a silly question’ is a mantra they all sign uo to. Jennie is also a great GLL success story, having worked her way through the Aquatics Career Pathway working in local leisure centres across to Swindon to join the National Team as an Aquatics Hub Manager. Following on from the award and every team member sharing their key achievements and what they were most proud of in 2023, it was time to focus on the year in hand. Full team discussion and individual feedback around themes such as Purpose, Quality, Collaboration, Innovation, Consistency made for a really interesting afternoon. Thank you to Andrew Clark and Ibrahim Mehmet for helping to lead and organise the day. Huge thanks to Beeba Heskins Jennie Maccready Jess Hammond Kelly Van Rose Matthew Breckon Michelle Meadows Nicola Charnock Terri-Marie Rose for taking the time to join us. GLL National Aquatics Team is making the most of every opportunity in 2024 💚