Bexley Beavers began with a simple mission: to provide accessible and empowering swimming sessions for people with disabilities.

Bexley Beavers was founded in 1967 to offer a safe, discreet environment for people with disabilities to swim with their parents, families or carers. We are a registered Charity and are run entirely by volunteers which means that all of the funds that we raise go to pay the direct costs of hiring the pool and training our lifeguards.

The club provides a weekly one hour swimming session at Crook Log Leisure Centre in Bexleyheath every Friday evening, from 6pm to 7.00pm, and has exclusive use of both pools: a 25-metre pool with hoist and a smaller learner pool. For many members the weekly session represents their only opportunity to go swimming away from the public gaze, and as such its value is priceless.

Our volunteer lifeguards all hold nationally recognised qualifications from the Royal Life Saving Society specially trained to work with the disabled. They are present at every session to ensure the safety of members of the club, which welcomes people with disabilities of any age and with any disability from Bexley and beyond.

We are a very popular club attracting many local families to our sessions every week. We rely wholly on our volunteers and on donations and fundraising by members.  We receive no government or council grants and there is no membership fee or weekly swimming charge for members – we simply ask that you make a voluntary donation at the door before each session, and remember, if you are a UK Taxpayer please sign a Gift Aid form so that we can reclaim 25% of your donation!