Welcome to HALF Fish in the Community
"Where everyone swims together!"
I am .... HALF Fish
HALF Fish Training -
Train to be a swimming teacher
We are an award winning Approved Training Centre for a number of Awarding Bodies
Swim England Qualifications
Safety Training Awards
Royal Life Saving Society
We can deliver courses to match the needs of your workforce as well as create bespoke training opportunities for you and your team.
A Historic Pool
Built in 1905 for the community, HALF Fish HQ at Daisyfield Pools was our home for 7 years ... unfortunately the local authority decided that repairs for its upkeep were too much and closed the pool in 2023. We were very disappointed but vowed to continue to work in the community and take our unique teaching style to the masses when we deliver our courses at other venues.
Our Clubs
Lancashire Tridents covers Masters and Triathlon through its affiliations
Tridents Lifesaving - is our lifesaving club aimed at developing the next generation of lifeguards.
All of our clubs hold the accreditations of their NGBs
Our HALF Fish Staff
All of our tutors have been trained by our Awarding Body educationalists.
Our tutors are nationally recognised for the work they do in developing qualifications and innovative teachers.
Mermaizing
We are the only centre in the North West that can teach you to become a mermaid. Our specialist instructors will support you through a journey of really becoming HALF Fish!
Or maybe you want to teach mermaiding yourself ....?
We also run specialist mermaid sessions for those with experience who wish to swim in their flukes!
Invite us to your pool and we will bring everything to you to create an underwater mermaizing kingdom
Between 2017 and 2023 our learn to swim programme has been awarded nominations at the Swim England Swimming and Education Awards in 2019 .... as well as being an STA Starmark Swim School.
In 2022 HALF Fish HQ won awards in the following -
SWIM ENGLAND - Winner - Inclusion and Diversity Category for Approved Training Centres
SWIM ENGLAND - Runners Up - School Swimming Provision
STA - Shelley Whitehead recipient of the HENRY PIKE Award
In 2023 we were awarded
BBC Radio Make A Difference Nomination for Lancashire
Lancashire Sports Awards for Community Sports
STA Nominations for Community Programme of the year, inclusion and Shelley for Tutor of the Year
Swim England recognised us for our community work and also nominated Shelley as Tutor of the Year
Shelley also was presented with a Kings Coronation Champion Award
Splash Camps
Run a holiday swim camps for all swimmers offering crash course swimming lessons each day, linking with us to deliver a swimming teacher or lifesaving instructor as part of our social commitment you could provide these at greatly reduced cost to little fishes as well as to the schools who swim with you!
You can also let us lead one of our specialist camps - Rookie Camp, Snorkelling, or Competitive Swimming to improve or learn new skills
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What our members say about us:
Fatimah - mum to 2 little fish on our HQ Lessons
The only bad thing about HALF Fish HQ is that we didn't find them sooner!
Sarah (from facebook) mum of little fish on Splash Camp
I heard about the half term deal on Facebook. I wasn't expecting a lot, (due to the price, thought it was too good to be true) but I was pleasantly surprised. They replied to my messages promptly and even before we went to the lessons I had really good vibes.
All of the staff were AMAZING so so helpful happy, caring and energetic. Aimee loved her lessons this week. I would definitely recommend this swimming school from our experience.
Where to find us:
HALF Fish Training HQ, c/o 20 Station Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7BA, United Kingdom
