The ASA Annual Report and Accounts Getting More People Swimming More Often and Having More Fun
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The ASA Annual Report and Accounts Getting more people swimming more often and having more fun 09 10 04 The ASA Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - 2010 David Sparkes 2Chief Executive Aims and Objectives Contents The Amateur Swimming Association is the governing body of 04 Chief Executive’s Report swimming in England. It comprises eight Regions through which we affiliate 1,158 clubs, and more than 200,000 members. Section one Paddling Pool to Podium 06 Learn to Swim 12 Health and Participation 1 Vision: 18 Athlete Development 28 Facilities To ensure everyone has an opportunity to learn to swim 34 Workforce Development 40 Governance, Structures and Partnerships To ensure everyone can achieve his or her personal goals Section two To ensure everyone has the opportunity to enjoy swimming as Key Performance Indicators part of a healthy lifestyle 2 To ensure that we achieve gold medal success Section three Report and Financial Statements 52 Financial Review 53 Independent Auditors’ Report 3 54 Income and Expenditure Account 54 Balance Sheet 56 Notes to the Financial Statements 04 The ASA Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - 2010 David Sparkes Chief Executive What a fantastic year our sport has enjoyed! English athletes crowned as world and European champions with new names making the headlines and English diving also celebrating on top of the world podium. In addition, how pleasing it was to witness our two water polo teams moving forward and our synchronised swimmers challenging the best in the world. A massive thank you to everyone involved whatever your role. None of this would have been possible without with tireless support from our partners, and with world-class talent development and this year has a rejuvenated engagement with the industry, we seen the emergence of our Beacon programmes have worked hard and remain confident we will underpinning the World Class programme to achieve our target by 2013. ensure a regular supply of high quality English The new modern office for the ASA has now athletes across all disciplines. opened. Such an impressive building will, I feel, We all know the certitude that people make help to further motivate our staff and volunteers our sport work and with the good progress in as we embark on a programme of workforce our teacher/coach education and development engagement through our ‘People’ agenda. By programme, I am confident we will see our moving this programme forward with energy, coaches and teachers nurture even more focus and passion, I believe we will be the envy talented athletes in future. We have also now of sporting bodies around the world. created an apprentice programme to ensure the Finally, as our athletes prepare for the whole industry has better skilled practitioners Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, I am sure whether they are a volunteer or professional. that you would all join me in wishing them well Our challenge has been to drive forward our and, most importantly, continued success. ‘Grow’ agenda after the ‘Active People’ survey reported participation figures falling, this despite the massive throughput reported by the industry due to the Free Swimming initiative. However, The ASA Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - 2010 03 ContentsPaddling Pool to Podium Section one 06 Learn to Swim 12 Health and Participation 18 Athlete Development 28 Facilities 34 Workforce Development 40 Governance, Structures and Partnerships 1 106 The ASA Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - 2010 The ASA Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - 2010 07 Learn to Swim Vision: To ensure everyone has the opportunity to learn to swim. PE Sport Strategy for Young People principles underpin the development of school (PESSYP): School Swimming swimming improvement plans Improvement Programme Programme Aim: Targeted intervention designed Swimming Improvement Grants to increase the number of pupils being able to This funding is used to implement the School swim at least 25 metres before they leave Swimming Improvement Plan. Funding is also primary school (Key Stage 2 Attainment Level). being used to run intensive courses, ‘Top Up’ The principles of the School Swimming lessons or to deliver on the three key principles. Improvement Programme are based on the We have found a direct correlation between success and lessons learnt from the Top Up partnerships with a high national Index of Swimming Programme. Although the Multiple Deprivation (IMD) score and poor Key programme is aimed at delivering intensive Stage 2 (KS2) swimming attainment. Therefore, swimming lessons, a number of School Sport additional funding has been made available in Partnerships (SSP) are taking the opportunity to these areas. review their school swimming programme as a Additional project funding was also made whole. available to School Swimming Plans with projects It is clear that if school swimming standards which engage with Special Educational Needs are to continue to improve, school swimming (SEN) Schools and Black and Minority Ethnic programmes need to focus on three key (BAME) pupils. Good practice from the projects is principles: shared with other partnerships to ensure • Ensuring that teaching is of a high quality inequalities in provision can be addressed. We • Reducing the pupil to teacher ratios are currently looking at projects aimed at obese • Increasing the frequency of lessons pupils to see if school swimming can be a catalyst When designing the initiatives, these key to engage these pupils in more physical activity. 08 The ASA Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - 2010 83% 95% of children achieving of primary schools KS2 (primary school) delivering school attainment target swimming 1 High Quality School Swimming School Club Links Strengthening Partnerships To improve the outcomes of school swimming, it The School Club Links programme is delivered is essential to provide high quality school through ASA regions. Regions are directly Leading on the promotion of the Government’s Free swimming lessons. The ASA is providing each funded to provide a stepping stone from school/ Swimming Lessons Programme to teach 100,000 school partnership with a minimum of one lessons through a structured link programme to people to swim, the ASA has shown its strengthening National Curriculum Training Course to a a swim21 club. This can be in the form of activity maximum of 20 deliverers of school swimming. sessions or partnership working alongside the partnerships with both local authorities and This development area will start to ensure that school in delivery of school swimming. national pool operators. By engaging with Bolton we have swimming deliverers who understand Funding is to be used to meet the needs of all Metropolitan Borough Council, and SERCO Leisure, and have the skill to provide quality swimming young people whether they want to get involved instruction. During 2009, over 5,700 deliveries of in developing their skills for social or recreational the ASA has successfully provided opportunities for school swimming have benefited from Continual reasons, maintain or develop their fitness or as a 10,000 people across Bolton to access Free Swimming Professional Development in School Swimming young leader or coach. The national school sport Lessons, supporting increased use of local facilities survey for 2009 showed an increase in links to British Gas Pools 4 aquatic clubs to 48 per cent. and encouraging more people to take part in aquatic Schools activity. The ASA is working in Outcomes Large-scale approaches to Free Swimming Lesson partnership with Total During 2009-10, the School Swimming Swimming and British Gas in Improvement Programme has continued to delivery are now being profiled across the country to funding the installation of contribute to the Key Performance Indicator of ensure community participation is maximised, and the portable pools in areas of aquatic deprivation 85 per cent of primary age pupils being able to sport of swimming is enjoyed by all. based on low key stage 2 attainment levels. achieve Key Stage 2 attainment levels. Eight projects were delivered during 2009 and Data collected as part of the audit process for the Key Stage 2 attainment achievements are School Sport Partnerships shows a national Free Swimming Lessons have proved successful around 75 per cent (this varies from project to attainment level of 83 per cent of pupils project). achieving Key Stage 2. throughout Bolton because of the joined-up working between “ The support of British Gas has enabled a The number of primary and secondary schools the Trust, the ASA, Bolton Council and Bolton PCT, energising “ substantially enhanced community access delivering swimming as part of the PE employees at all levels of each partner organisation to programme that is on target to achieve over Curriculum has increased to 95 per cent and 75 promote this exceptional win, win offer to all local residents. 10,000 pupils participating by the end of the per cent respectively. The programme continues Nik Jones – Serco contracts Manager summer term (2010). to impact on a considerable number of primary school pupils. 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