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Feb 16th
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Patrick Hastings, National Chairman, Halliwick AST – UK
For the latest news items, scroll down this page and also page 2
Halliwick Concept
Feb 15th
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The Halliwick Concept is a way of teaching anyone to swim. It was developed in the UK in 1949 specifically for teaching disabled people to swim and is now used in many countries in the world both for teaching swimming and for therapy. For more details about the Halliwick Concept see the paragraph below. The Halliwick Association of Swimming Therapy (Halliwick AST) is the UK association that promotes Halliwick and organises courses both in the UK and internationally and has developed numerous Publications and DVDs about Halliwick.
‘The Halliwick Concept 2010’ is a paper written by the Education and Research Committee of the International Halliwick Association (IHA). This paper has sections on the philosophy of Halliwick; an explanation (with diagrams) of the Ten Point Programme, (‘the structured learning process through which a person with no experience in water can progress towards independence in the water.’); an explanation of how Halliwick can be used for Therapy (with reference to the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) – WHO 2001; and a link to the History of Halliwick.
This paper is now supported by video clips.
News from Halliwick – Brazil of an award for their work
Feb 6th
We have just heard good news from a very good friend of Halliwick AST, Mauricio Koprowski Garcia – Chair of Halliwick Brazil.
He tells us that their association has been given an important reward by the São Paulo State Secretary for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, recognizing the excellence of the Halliwick Concept for the inclusion and egalitarian access to the disabled person.
Once again our President, Dr Joan Martin is in the news!
Feb 1st
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Joan was nominated for the prestigious Times/Sternberg Active Life Award.
This is the fourth Active Life Award sponsored jointly by Sir Sigmund Sternberg, the 89 – year old philanthropist and founder of the Three Faiths Forum and The Times.
It recognises contributions to society by the over-70s.
There is a £5,000 first prize and £1,000 each for the five runners-up.
Joan was amazed that she was one of the runners-up.
Click here to see the leading article from The Times on Friday, 30 December 2011
and click here to see the full list of Winners and Nominees.
In both cases you will need to ‘Zoom’ the webpages due the size of the type!
Stop press news! A report with photos on the book launch of the short life-story “Passing the Flame” of our association’s President, Dr Joan Martin MBE
Oct 2nd
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Some of you may be aware that for several months earlier this year, a friend of Joan’s, Joy Puritz, who has worked in the book trade for many years, had been writing her biography. The book launch was on Wednesday evening 14th September at St Mary Abbots Hall in Kensington, only a few hundred yards from Joan’s old flat.
Click here to view the cover of this 132-paged publication, which will give you a taster of its fascinating contents.
Click here to read a report on the evening and a separate download of a few words from Patrick Hastings, the Chairperson of the Halliwick Association of Swimming Therapy in UK.
Click here to see photos taken on the evening
The price of the book is £7.99 or £10.00 (incl P&P) and Joy is handling all postal sales.
See Order Form attached.
Annual General Meeting of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (formerly CCPR)
Sep 4th
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As Halliwick AST National Chairperson, I was invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (formerly CCPR) held at St James’s Palace on 20th July, 2011. The photo taken by the official photographer shows (from L to R), the Earl of Wessex, Ann Thomson one of our International Halliwick Lecturers, myself and the Earl’s Aide. The Earl who is SARA President, is holding a copy of the latest edition of our text book, ‘Halliwick Swimming for Disabled People’ which I presented to him.
Click here to read letter of thanks from The Earl of Wessex’s office.
Halliwick AST – 2010 Annual Report and Accounts
Apr 30th
Click here to see the Halliwick AST – 2010 Annual Report and Accounts
Article about ‘Halliwick and Therapy’
Feb 7th
The Halliwick Concept is an approach known worldwide which enables people to enjoy water based activities and to learn to swim. In some cases it is used for therapy.
Since its inception in 1949 by James McMillan (Mac), different aspects of the Concept have been further developed. For instance we have seen the development of games and activities to enhance and consolidate learning, an increased understanding of how to teach swimming strokes to persons with limited mobility and specific use of Halliwick for therapeutic purposes.
This article will address more specifically the use of Halliwick when working with clients with cerebral palsy (CP) or similar conditions. (See CP definition at end of this article).
CRB checks
Dec 27th
We suggest that clubs may contact either of the following:
the RLSS – the Royal Life Saving Society - where to partake in their scheme each individual club would first have to affiliate.
There are two levels of annual affiliation fee: either £122.25 if you do not actively offer the RLSS courses or £41.25 if you do; either way, each CRB check is FREE.
Contact details: Tel: 01789 – 773 994
OR
the STA – Swimming Teachers Association, where there is no requirement to affiliate, but the cost of each CRB check starts at £12.
Contact details:
Claire Lowbridge, Tel: 01922 – 748 381