Swimming Queensland is committed to a swimming-for-all philosophy by creating opportunities for all Queenslanders to participate in our sport. We encourage clubs to provide a safe, fun an inclusive environment for people of all ages, abilities, skill levels and backgrounds.
Creating an inclusive club enables individuals to experience the water in a safe and fun environment and provides important learning experience that benefit the entire community by:
- Providing safer water-aware clubs and schools;
- Fostering health and fitness;
- Developing swimming competition opportunities;
- Creating family orientated activities;
- Facilitating community cohesion and more social engagement.
- National Integrity Framework
- Safeguarding Children & Young People Policy
- Member Protection Policy
- Improper Use of Drugs and Medicine Policy
- Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling Policy
- Complaints, Disputes & Discipline Policy (CDDP)
- Code of Conduct
- Inclusive Swimming Framework
- 7 Pillars of Inclusion
- Swimmers with Disability
- Multi-Cultural and Indigenous Swimming
Swimming Australia’s National Integrity Framework applies to all Activities organised or authorised by Swimming Australia or a Member Organisation.
What is Sport Integrity?
Integrity in sport means that athletes, supporters and fans can participate and celebrate sport, confident in the knowledge that they are part of a safe, ethical and inclusive environment.
Any threats to the integrity of sport (such as competition-manipulation, doping, and behaviours that impact people’s positive experience of sport, such as discrimination or abuse) are taken seriously by Swimming Australia.
Commitment statement
Swimming Australia and its Member Organisations remain fully committed to the protection of children, young people and all members in our sport and encourage swimming clubs throughout Australia to familiarise themselves with the policies and to raise the issue of child safety to everyone involved in their club.
We are committed to providing children and young people with positive and nurturing experiences and will strive to ensure that children and young people are protected from harm.
We aim to ensure that swimming is a safe, fair and inclusive environment for all participants.
Policies
The National Integrity Framework (NIF) is a set of rules that all members of our sport need to follow when it comes to their behaviour and conduct in swimming including obligations to report misconduct. Those rules are contained in the following policies (available below):
These policies will be in force from 1 January 2024.
The Inclusive Swimming Framework (ISF) is a blueprint for ensuring swimming and aquatics reflect the diversity of the Australian community.
You can read more about the Inclusive Swimming Framework here.
Developed in partnership with Play By The Rules, the 7 Pillars of Inclusion is a unique tool to help you and your club identify its strengths and weaknesses around the inclusion of disadvantaged populations.
The 7 Pillars
The Pillars represent the common areas of Inclusion - giving you a framework to use as a starting point. It will educate, inform and give you practical direction so that your Club can become more inclusive and diverse.
It is our goal that by educating clubs around each of the 7 pillars, they’ll have a blueprint that helps them strive toward achieving full inclusion of people from a diverse array of circumstances and backgrounds.
What Can You Do
We encourage club committee members and coaches to complete the 7 Pillars of Inclusion self-assessment to help them identify areas of improvement at their Club and access resources to assist them in creating an inclusive environment.
The 7 Pillars of Inclusion website for swimming and aquatics will help you identify strengths and weaknesses around inclusion and diversity and help you along the path to creating a strong inclusive culture for your swimming and aquatics programs.
Visit the 7 Pillars website and learn more about inclusion at your Club.
Swimming Queensland is committed to providing opportunities for members of our community of all abilities and encourages our Clubs to do the same.
Multi Class swimming is integrated into everything we do – from offering free Aquatic Participation Fun Days for the community with the support of our Clubs, to providing multi class competition and development opportunities.
You can check out our Multi Class Swimming page for more details on how your Club can include swimmers with disability.
Swimming Queensland is dedicated to providing swimming opportunities for individuals in Queensland from Indigenous or Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Through our free participation initiatives such as our Make a Splash Days and Teacher Workshops, we share the experience of swimming with indigenous and CALD communities in Queensland. These initiatives focus on promoting healthier, happier and safer communities particularly when it comes to being in and around the water.
You can learn more about these free clinics and how your club can get involved here.
