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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Pop-up pool scheme aims to boost low UK swimming attainment rates

Speedo Swim United ambassadors (back L-R) Anna Hopkin, Adam Peaty, Michael Gunning, Ellie Simmonds and Matt Richards launching the pop-up pool programme with children at Shireland Hall primary school in Smethwick.
Speedo Swim United ambassadors (back L-R) Anna Hopkin, Adam Peaty, Michael Gunning, Ellie Simmonds and Matt Richards launching the pop-up pool programme with children at Shireland Hall primary school in Smethwick. Photograph: Antony Jones/Getty Images for Speedo Swim United

Olympic swimmers including Adam Peaty, Ellie Simmonds and Matt Richards have launched a new pop-up pool programme at UK schools aimed at boosting low swimming attainment rates.

Fully functioning temporary pools will be placed at schools in areas where a large proportion of children are unable to swim, starting in the Black Country in the West Midlands, one of the worst-affected areas in the country.

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