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About  Enjoy2swim

I am  based at St Georges Preparatory School swimming pool, using the tranquil and peaceful settings which is conducive to learning. So why not pop in, see me and kick start your life changing experience and enjoy the freedom of the water.

And as a first aid trainer and lifeguard trainer for the Royal Lifesaving Society I  also offer a comprehensive list of courses covering first aid and CPR to keep your employees up to date on their training requirements.

This Is Me.

I was bought up in the it's in  a sleepy seaside town called Seaford in East Sussex,famed for the  beautiful  Seven Sisters Cliffs which appear in many films and adverts.

My Mother ensured that both my Sister and I had swimming  lessons from the age of 4 years old and she would take us every week to our local swimming  pool in Eastbourne,  it was the one activity  my Mother would have us do until we  started School which had a pool and we continued our swim journey from their.

I swam competitively at School and at 16 I took my Level 1 Teachers and my Bronze Medallion award and started teaching  at my local swim Club and was a beach lifeguard volunteer  at my local lifesaving Club.

Swimming  teaching  and lifesaving quickly  became my passion.

 

I went on to take my level 2 swim teachers award and have worked and Managed   5 star hotel health Clubs such as the Grand Hotel  in Brighton , the Mayfair  Inter continental and the Conrad in Chelsea Harbour in London.

I moved to Jersey on my own in 2001 and took up a position  at the Merton Aqua dome doing varying  roles as a swim teacher, Supervisor and Lifeguard. I have worked in all the main Leisure  facilities  here in Jersey ever since. 

 

I worked and still have close ties to Jersey  Swimming Club which I am proud of as the Club supported me wholeheartedly  when I saw a niche in the market to start  Enjoy2swim  offering 121 swimming Lessons at the Mayfair Hotel in 2012.

 

In 2018 I found  what I hope will be my forever home here at the pool in St Georges Preparatory School. 

I have kept to my ethos all these years by offering 121 or small group bespoke  lessons in a quiet tranquil  environment  conducive to learning .

 

As I reflect  I feel i have never been prouder of having my own swim school  the support from my Clients enabled me to thrive and feel forfilled in my work as I turn 50 in December  2025.

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My Training Qualifications

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  • RLSS UK First Aid Trainer Assessor

  • RLSS UK Anaphylaxis Trainer

  • RLSS UK AED Trainer

  • RLSS UK NPLQ Trainer Assessor ( PXB)

  • RLSS UK NPLQ Lifeguard

  • RLSS UK Paediatric First At Work

  • RLSS UK First Aid at Work 

  • RLSS UK Emergency Response Trainer Assessor

  • RLSS UK NRASTC/ATSPRA Trainer Assessor

  • RLSS UK Rookie Instructor

  • RLSS UK Lifesaving Trainer/Assessor

  • RLSS UK Lifesaving Instructor

  • Swim England Level 1 Swimming Assistant   

  • Level 2 Swimming Teachers’ Association Swimming Teacher

  • STA Safeguard Certificate

  • STA Open Water Swim Coach

  • STA Open Water Rescue Award

  • Chartered Institute for personnel and Development Foundation in HR Certificate

  •  Management Introductory Certificate

  • National Amateur Body-Builders Association Standard Fitness Instructor – Merit grade Level 2

  •  Aqua-Fitness Instructor

  • City & Guilds national Vocational Qualification Facility Operations Certificate

  • BTEC – GVNQ3 (advanced)Leisure and Tourism

  • City & Guilds Recreation and Leisure - Credit

Our Team

I am motivated and committed to helping and supporting our local community here in Jersey. I  would like to make a difference by teaching others the valuable  life skills

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Nicky Holgate-Smith

As a Dyslexic, I fully understand that no one person learns the same way, therefore together we will adapt to support the way our clients want to learn. I have a real passion to teach and to help others to swim many of whom may have previously had a bad experience or built up a fear. I have taught swimming in a wide range of leisure facilities, swimming clubs and large well known 5-star hotel chains in London and Brighton, and locally here in Jersey. I have club coach experience and have trained junior squads to competition level and can offer additional stroke technique for all abilities.

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Jo Nash

Jo was our Office Administrator from 2014 to March 2020 and had been part of Enjoy2swim since our Mayfair days where I taught both her boys to swim. Whilst Jo no longer formally works at Enjoy2swim she will always be cited as an important part of the success in our early formation of the business, and we will always be grateful for all her hard work. 

 

Jo is also the founder of Philip’s Footprints (www.philipsfootprints.org). It is our pleasure to support both Jo and Philip’s Footprints whenever we can.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Enjoy2swim in partnership with St George's Preparatory School, are delighted to be able to offer long term  support since 2022 to Healing Waves by offering lessons to Children who require more confidence with their swimming so they can take to the waves with the wonderful team at Healing Waves. Previously we have helped the Nixon Hansford Trust providing time for Nixon in the pool, improving his skills and confidence.   

 

Enjoy2Swim have also worked with Les Amis residents, offering the opportunity to spend time in the pool to increase their swimming ability and confidence. 

 

2021 saw me fundraising to support the JSPCA Animals' Shelter.  I also  took part in the Swim Smart Channel Relay 2021, raising vital funds for the charity who had also chosen the JSPCA Animals' Shelter as our Charity of the Year 2021. 

Enjoy2train, our first aid training business, is a huge supporter of Philips Footprints Charity and always supports every October their Baby Loss Awareness Week .

I have supported the following Charities  free of charge over the years:

 Tiny Seeds

 Grow Charity

 Family Nursing and Home Care

 Brighter Futures 

 Neil Hussey Heart Charity

  RLSS Drowning Prevention Week, 

 JSPCA

Jersey Water Safety Campaign

In 2017, after meeting with Annie Noble and discussing how we could help raise water safety awareness following the drowning of her sister Joy, Nicky had the idea for Joy’s Water Safety Card, below, and had it designed. We were delighted that local water sports company Apnea stepped in to sponsor the cards that were distributed to key year groups in primary and secondary schools. We would also like to thank the Jersey Coastguard for their willingness to include the Jersey Water Safety Campaign, and Nicky and Annie, in their talks to schools. With the groundwork in place, we have now handed it over to the Noble family and wish them every success for 2018 and the future.

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