Born from experience.
Built for Northumberland
Our Mission
Connecting Education with the Real World
To help children, young people and communities understand their local waters through curriculum-linked learning, environmental stewardship and practical water safety - taking learning beyond the classroom and into real environments..
Our Values
Learning. Experience. Stewardship. Safety. Cummunity.
Our approch brings education, environmental resposibility and practical skills together - helping young people build a lifelong relationship with the water around them.
Education Through Experience
Curriculum-linked learning connected to Northumberland's rovers, lakes,and coastline, bringing classroom subjects into real-worl environments
Stewardship & understanding
Helping young people understand, respect and care for their local waters through environmental learning and practical experience.
Practical Water Safety
Developing knowledge, judgement and lifesaving skills in the environments where they may actually be needed.
Experience Behind The Academy
More than 30 years in, on and around open water
Where It Began
I began teaching swimming at 16, starting a journey that would take me from swimming pools to beaches, rivers and oceans.
From Experience to Expertise
Over the years, that journey grew through lifeguarding, surf instruction, open water swimming and coaching, lifesaving education and working with people in real water environments.
Professional Qualifications
Professional qualifications supporting safe, credible and high-quaility education in and around water.
Water Safety and Lifesaving
RLSS UK Trainer Assessor,
National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ).
Open Water Lifeguard.
Rookie Lifeguard. Lifesaving Awards.
AED.
Spinal Board.
Youth leadership.
Plus additional RLSS UK lifesaving and water-safety qualifications.
Coaching & Performance
STA Level 2 Open Water Swimming Coach ISA Surf Instructor IRONMAN Certified Coach Oxygen Advantage Instructor
Ironman Finisher
Marathon Open Water Swimmer
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