Swimming
Swimming is a great way to improve your fitness, so why not set yourself a challenge and help raise vital funds at the same time?
Swim22
Swim22 is Diabetes UK's channel swim pool challenge and will see participants swim 22 miles (the distance across the English Channel) in the convenience of their local pool. The challenge will take place between 22 April and 22 July 2013. Find out more about swim22.
If there are no forthcoming events listed below, please check back later – new events are added regularly.
Forthcoming events
17th August 2013
Dores
Loch Ness
Inverness
IV2 6TR
Take on the "Big Yin" - conditions can be challenging on this one mile swim, but the views down Loch Ness are awe-inspiring. For the novice open-water swimmer, the "Wee Nessie" half mile swim is also an excellent first-time challenge.
- Email
- scotlandfundraising@diabetes.org.uk
- Phone
- 0141 245 6380
Saturday 22 June 2013
Alton Water Park
Suffolk
Join Team Diabetes UK at the Great East Swim 2013! the perfect challenge for swimmers of all abilities!
Experience open water swimming safe in the knowledge expert kayakers and safety boats are with you every step of the way.
- Contact
- Eastern Fundraising Team
- Email
- fundraising.eastern@diabetes.org.uk
- Phone
- 01376 505242
- Website
- www.greatswim.org
Sunday 23 June 2013
Pugneys Country Park
Wakefield
Join us in the depths of Pugney's Country Park for a fun and exhilarating outdoor swim at the iconic Yorkshire Swimming Festival.
- Email
- northyorks@diabetes.org.uk
- Phone
- 01325 488606
- Website
- Swim for All Website
Friday 05 July 2013
Sunderland Aquatic Centre
Stadium Park
Sunderland
SR5 1SU
Swim for fun, Swim for Fitness, Swim for Cash - why not join in with this great event and raise some monies for Diabetes UK.
- Email
- northyorks@diabetes.org.uk
- Phone
- 01325 488606
- Website
- Sunderland BIG Swimathon
Friday 14, Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 June
Windermere
Registration fee £32.00 - £46.00
across a choice of three distances
- Contact
- Maria Roberts
- Email
- northwest.fundraising@diabetes.org.uk
- Phone
- 01925 644572
Saturday 25 August 2012
Scotland
Strathclyde Country Park
A superb outdoor swim taking place at Strathclyde Country Park, near Glasgow. Choose from 3 distances - 1 mile, ½ mile or 2 miles. Perfect challenge for all swimming abilities, from first timers to Olympic champions.
- Email
- info@greatswim.org
- Website
- British Gas Great Scottish Swim
31 August 2013
Royal Victoria Dock
London
Join 5,000 participants in the biggest outdoor swim in the South of England and experience the thrill of open-water swimming, safe in the knowledge expert kayakers and safety boats are with you every stroke of the way.
Register now
- Email
- fundraising.london@diabetes.org.uk
- Phone
- 020 7424 1126
- Website
- Great London Swim
Between July and September 2014