--- title: Insights & Stories | EveryoneSwims CIC description: Read insights, stories, and updates from EveryoneSwims CIC on inclusive swimming, wellbeing, water safety, and community impact. image: https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/hubfs/og-everyone-swims.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/stories#main) [![Everyone Swims CIC](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/hubfs/raw_assets/public/2027/files/images/logo.svg)](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/) - [About](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/about) - [Stories](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/stories) - [Support Us](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/support-us) - [Contact](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/contact) [Donate](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/support-us) [Explore programmes](https://everyone-swims-cic.soak.ly/#/online-booking) [About](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/about) [Stories](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/stories) [Support Us](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/support-us) [Contact](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/contact) [Donate](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/support-us) [Explore programmes](https://everyone-swims-cic.soak.ly/#/online-booking) [Home](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/) › Stories Stories · News · Updates # Voices from the *poolside*. Real stories from learners and instructors. News from our six venues. And the moments that remind us why we do this — one length at a time. All posts [Blog](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/?tag=blog) [News](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/?tag=news) [Success Story](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/?tag=success-story) ### [![Sir-Thomas-Rich-swim-pool](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/hubfs/Sir-Thomas-Rich-swim-pool.jpg) Blog Janice Oliver· Oct 3, 2026, 9:06:28 AM Swimming Pools in Cheltenham: Every Pool You Can Actually Use Local guide · 9 min read Six pools in Cheltenham, from the 50 metre lido to the school pools most people never find. Lengths, temperatures, who can use each one and how to get in. 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Read article](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/stories/what-comes-after-swimming-lessons) ### [![A child floating calmly on their back in a pool with an adult's hands close by](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/hubfs/when-to-stop-swimming-lessons-1.jpg) Blog Janice Oliver· Sep 11, 2026, 3:23:56 AM Choosing Swimming Lessons: The Six Decisions That Matter Most Most families put a surprising amount of effort into one part of this decision and almost none into the rest. They compare three or four swim schools, read the reviews, ask about qualifications, pick the one with the nicest changing rooms, and consider the matter settled. Two years later the child can swim a length, the lessons stop, and everybody moves on. It feels like a job completed. In a large number of cases it is a job abandoned about two thirds of the way through, and nobody in the process ever said so out loud. Most stop lessons once their child swims a length. Swim England say 25 metres is the start of water safety, not the finish. How to judge it properly. Read article](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/stories/choosing-swimming-lessons-6-decisions-swim-design-space) ### [![Adults and children taking a swimming lesson together in a pool at an Everyone Swims class in Cheltenham](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/hubfs/swimming-lessons-cheltenham-gloucester-cardiff-everyone-swims.jpg) Blog Janice Oliver· Aug 23, 2026, 5:51:40 AM Swimming Lessons in Cheltenham, Gloucester, Forest of Dean & Cardiff Local guide · 14 min read Swimming lessons in Cheltenham, Gloucester, the Forest of Dean and Cardiff: which pools run them, what they cost in 2026, and how to get a place. 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Read article](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/stories/how-to-choose-swimming-lessons) ### [![A parent watching a young child learn to swim confidently in a shallow pool at an Everyone Swims lesson](https://www.everyoneswims.org.uk/hubfs/hildrens-swimming-lessons-everyone-swims.jpg) Blog Janice Oliver· Jul 17, 2026, 9:00:02 AM Teaching Your Child to Swim: A Parent's Guide to Water Confidence Learn to swim · 6 min read Almost 1 in 3 children leave primary school unable to swim 25m. A parent's guide to when kids should start swimming lessons and build water confidence. 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