Swim teacher Q&A: Should we be using equipment when learning to swim?

Level Water are an incredible charity who provide 1:1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities across the UK. This Learn to Swim Day, we have collaborated with our friends at Level Water to bring you their top advice for parents, children and swim teachers for getting children with disabilities learning to swim.

What are the benefits of using equipment during your swimming

The importance of swimming lessons for children with a disability

Swimming for children with disabilities is the biggest unmet need in sport. The water takes your weight; it’s a true leveller.  It relieves pain and offers freedom and independence that many of our children never experience elsewhere.

Level Water are an incredible charity who provide 1:1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities across the UK. This Learn to Swim Day, we have collaborated with our friends at

What is your advice for parents/carers of a child who are nervous about them starting swimming lessons?

Swimming for children with disabilities is the biggest unmet need in sport. The water takes your weight; it’s a true leveller.  It relieves pain and offers freedom and independence that many of our children never experience elsewhere.

Level Water are an incredible charity who provide 1:1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities across the UK. This Learn to Swim

This Christmas, Zoggs is donating 500 pairs of goggles to children with disabilities. We are supporting the national swimming charity Level Water who arrange 20,000 one-to-one swimming lessons each year for children with disabilities. As some children around the country return to their lessons, we hope these goggles will make the return to the pool that little bit more fun and exciting for Level Water’s swimmers.

The charity is encouraging children to use their goggles in the bath over Christmas, to practice blowing bubbles and get used to the water again, before their lessons restart in the coming months.

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Henley Swim Festival 4 x 1 mile Her Spirit adventure = 2 medals,

You can’t beat getting back into open water swimming events to give you a sense of purpose and focus again. Thanks to Zoggs, Team Her Spirit rose to the challenge and entered the 4 x 1 mile event as part of the Henley Swim Festival. I mean why not do it four times r

This year marks the centenary of the end of WW1 which saw over a million service men and women lose their lives. The We Remember Them campaign, founded by Simon Wright and Deane Hitchens-Orr, was created to raise money for The Royal British Legion and Horseback UK who continue to support service men and women. Throughout 2018, people have been doing extraordinary things to raise money with the 100m x 100m Swim Relay Final, sponsored by Zoggs International, no exception.

We're proud to be the swim partner of the Aspire Swim Challenge again in 2018. Raising money for those affected by Spinal Cord Injury, anyone can join in with the challenge whether it's as an individual or part of a team. Every 8 hours someone is paralysed by a Spinal Cord Injury and there is currently no cure. Participating in the Aspire Channel Swim means you get to swim the distance of the English Channel and you get to make a difference.

It's your challenge so it's up to you where you swim the 22 miles providing it's between the 10th September and the 3rd December 2018. Suitable for

Zoggs is the official swimming partner of Swimathon, the world's largest annual fundraising swim, for the fifth consecutive year. Swimathon was originally founded as a pilot event to encourage Londoners to take up a 5k swimming challenge. Today Swimathon is a national event which, over the past 30 years, has raised a staggering £48 million for charity.

If you participate in Swimathon 2018, you can help raise money for two causes close to the nation's heart - Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie. Swimathon takes place from the

Swimathon, the world’s largest fundraising swim, returns to swimming pools across the UK on 7-9 April 2017 with Zoggs as the Official Swim Brand Partner.

On Wednesday 1st March, Swimathon participants got the fantastic opportunity to put their swimming questions to the talented Olympic swimmer Ellie Faulkner.

The Team GB star answered questions on training, nutrition, pacing a