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Shropshire Council programme to be managed as part of UK-wide training initiative By Pete Hayman
Shropshire Council's Learn to Swim Programmes is to be managed and delivered by the Swimming Teachers' Associa- tion (STA) as part of a new Swim Academy initiative being rolled out across the county. The fi ve-year deal marks
STA's fi rst step into managing programmes on behalf of local authorities, while the Swim Academy is the brainchild of Shropshire Council and STA. It is anticipated the Swim
Academy initiative will raise standards across Shropshire and to attract more people into using local pools, while helping to deliver one common teaching system, a standardised programme for swimming lessons and a single pricing structure across the county.
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The scheme is designed to attract more people into local pools Roger Millward, chief executive of the STA, said:
"The Shropshire Swim Academy model, the fi rst of its kind in the country, means STA can now deliver a cost-effective, top level service consisting of a programme of high quality teaching for all ages."
The initiative will go live in
January at all six Shropshire sites – Much Wenlock Leisure Centre, Bridgnorth Leisure Centre, The Quarry Leisure and Fitness Centre, Whitchurch Swimming Centre, Market Drayton Swimming Centre and Oswestry Leisure Centre.
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Deputy PM unveils new £8m Sutton Life Centre Clegg said: "Growing up
A new £8m 'leisure and learning' centre, which aims to teach young people about citizenship, has been opened in Sutton, south London. Deputy Prime Minister Nick
Clegg attended the launch of the Sutton Life Centre, which includes one of the largest climbing walls in the UK – 20m x 10m – and sports courts. Curl la Tourelle Architects
and Land Design Studio were behind the design of the new facility, which also includes a Life Skills Zone comprising an
The new £8m centre includes a 20m x 10m climbing wall
indoor street in the style of a movie set and a multi-media studio, including 360-degree screen projections to create a number of 'virtual worlds'.
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today isn't easy as life has become more complex for young people to navigate. We want to wipe the slate clean so young people are free from the burden of our failings." "What happens to you when
you’re young is the most important time of your life." Sean Brennan, leader of
Sutton Council, added: "[The Sutton Life Centre] is designed to give young people the opportunity to learn new life skills and become the citizens of the future – it is the Big Society super classroom."
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