“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career.
This is one banger of a story with Helen Bull who was a national level swimmer in her teenage years. She began her unique career holding various roles at The Walt Disney Company, starting as a lifeguard in Florida at the Walt Disney World Resort. She then went on to work for P&O Cruises in various commercial management and HR roles.
Having then been diagnosed with cancer friends persuaded her to get back into the pool for the first time since retiring from competitive swimming.
Helen returned to aquatics in 2018 and you would find her at the London Aquatics Centre in where she worked for GLL heading up the largest single-site swim school in the UK.
In 2019, Helen became the first wheelchair user to be a qualified swim teacher and qualified National Pool Lifeguard (NPLQ). Helen continues to break down barriers and is determined to make RLSS qualifications as accessible as possible.
She is now the National Commercial Aquatics Manager for Serco Leisure
In her spare time, Helen is an RLSS UK Trainer Assessor delivering lifeguarding qualifications.
This 60 minute podcast with Helen is one of inspiration, determination and commitment!