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Episode 31: 10 Years of Learn to Swim

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Ewan Lowe who was Chief Executive up until last year and the current CEO of Scot

Charlie opens the episode from Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh during Scottish Swimming's 10-year Learn to Swim celebration. It is the first of two live recordings from the event. The panel brings together three CEOs from different points in the last decade at Scottish Swimming. Forbes Dunlop joins as the CEO at the time the National Learn to Swim Framework launched. Ewan Lowe appears as the former Chief Executive. John Lunn joins as the current CEO. Together they look back on how the framework has grown and changed over time. The conversation keeps coming back to the practical work behind making swimming more widely available. One important thread is reach across Scotland. The discussion asks whether every local authority partner is in place. It also reframes the goal as making sure every youngster has the opportunity to learn to swim somewhere. Charlie reflects on the network days and the willingness of people to turn up and help shape the framework. That sense of ownership is presented as one of the programme's biggest strengths. The panel also talks about the one partner that stepped away to try something different. That moment becomes a reminder that the quality of the teaching and the support have stayed strong. There is no sense that the framework stopped being useful. Instead, the episode treats that departure as part of a broader story of growth and choice. Charlie asks the panel what moments have defined the last 10 years. The answers move between highlights and hard moments. The conversation stays reflective throughout. The closing stretch lands on motivation, passion, and delivery as the core themes. The episode ends by looking ahead to the next live recording in the anniversary series.

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A live panel focused on learn-to-swim reach, partnership, and what comes next.

Recorded live at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, this Aquapod special marks Scottish Swimming's 10-year Learn to Swim celebration and revisits how the National Learn to Swim Framework was launched, shaped, and developed.

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