Fee Policy

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Southwark Aquatics Swimming Club is a competitive swimming club, registered with the governing body of swimming, Swim England, and is Swim 21 accredited. We are a non-profit Community Organisation. We do not operate the pools where we train – we hire them for the benefit of our members. We are run by parents/volunteers.

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Fee Information

• Swim England ASA fees are payable to Southwark Aquatics Swimming Club in January every year. You must be a member of Swim England before you can train with us.

• All swim fees are payable on 1st of each month in advance by direct debit in 12 equal payments for the full year.  You are responsible for setting up the payment with your bank.

• Monthly squad fees take account of Bank Holidays and periods of reduced swimming e.g. August and Christmas/New Year.

• Failure to pay fee correctly and on time will result in you being turned away.

• Full monthly squad fees are payable irrespective of the number of scheduled sessions the swimmer attends.

• Our Club annual fee is due at the start of every season each year in September.  We offer a sibling discount on this fee.

• Late payments create unnecessary work. Members who are more than one month late on their squad fee payments may be removed from the Club membership and a notification sent to Swim England. This means that the swimmer/member concerned will no longer be insured for any Club activity nor will they be able to enter any Swim England licensed event, unless they have dual membership with another Club.  If a swimmer decides to re-join the Club following suspension of membership, the appropriate joining fee is payable.

• If a swimmer misses more than one month of swimming as a result of illness/injury, the Club will provide a credit on a pro-rata basis according to the number of swimming days missed after the initial one month limitation period expires, on condition of the provision of a doctor’s note/certificate.

• In the event of an unexpected continuous (more than 1 week, excludes scheduled holidays in August and at Christmas/New Year), interruption to swimming sessions/training because of closure of pools (caused by breakdown of plant equipment or closure of leisure facility for health and safety reasons e.g. poor weather conditions affecting staffing levels), or because of illness/absence of coaches/teachers, we will provide a credit note on a pro-rata basis according the number of pool sessions at an affected venue missed after the initial one week limitation period expires.

• We assume that, unless a swimmer officially cancels their membership, or seeks agreement for the membership to be suspended because of a long-term absence, that the swimmer remains active and owes us fees. 

 

If you need to suspend your membership for a long-term absence such as injury or a change in personal circumstances, please email Club Treasurer.

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As the club is run by volunteers and entirely dependent upon fees for our income - it’s crucial we have complete transparency of our income and outgoings so we rely on members adhering to the fee policy.

 

Please read our Fees Q&A for more information and a breakdown on fees.

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