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The Bluetits Chill Swimmers is a Community Interest Company (CIC) with a strong base of over 160 online regional peer-to-peer led swim groups and approximately 100,000 community members worldwide.

The Bluetits is free for anyone to join but it is not free to run. It’s important to us that we’re able to continue supporting our community by building a financially sustainable future. To do this we raise funds by selling in our online store, running Bluetit holidays, selling online challenges, and organising in-person fundraising swim events. We also work with select collaboration partners who align with our values.

We have a strict no advertising rule in our Facebook groups as these are designed for people to find swim buddies, but there are different ways you can work with us to reach our audience.

Please see our Rate Card for the costs of working with us, depending on the type of request. 

To register your interest in working with us please fill out this form.

 

Information Opportunities

Events

Our Bluetit fundraising swim events are non-competitive fun days out that give people a chance to challenge themselves in a fun, safe, empowering environment.

Swims are not timed and we have distances ranging from 50m to 1 mile.

The events team is made up entirely of volunteers, including our amazing lifeguards.

  • 2 or 3 fundraising events per year 
  • 200-250 participants per event
  • 100+ spectators
  • Goody bags given to all participants
  • Vendor stalls
  • Raffle
 Event Sponsorship
✅ Feature on our Event website page

✅ Logo on our booking platform
✅ Mention on our socials in the lead up to the event
✅ Mention in our event newsletter
✅ Option to add either a flyer, a voucher, or product to the participant goody bags.

Goody Bag Sponsorship
✅ Add your product or a discount voucher to our participant goody bags.
✅ Mention on our socials in the lead up to the event
✅ Mention in our event newsletter

Stallholder
✅ A stall at our event to sell your products (swimming or swimming gift related only)
✅ Mention on our socials in the lead up to the event
✅ Mention in our event newsletter

Raffle Prize Donation
✅ Mention on our socials in the lead up to the event
✅ Mention in our event newsletter

Winter Challenge

Our Arctic Flappers Winter Challenge has been running since 2020.

Participants can sign up to complete either 25, 50, 75, or 100 dips or swims between the period of 1 November to 31 March.

This as a fun way to encourage our community to continue dipping throughout the colder months, and they receive a commemorative badge, patch and a printable certificate.

  • Annual Challenge
  • 2000 entries per year

Challenge Sponsor
✅ Mentioned on our challenge sales page on our website
✅ Mention on socials before and during the challenge
✅ Mention in the challenge promo newsletter

Newsletter

Our general newsletter goes out monthly-ish to our audience.

  • 20K subscribers
  • Open rate 45%.

As we don’t allow advertising on our online groups, being included in our newsletter is the best way to reach our audience. 

Competition / prize draw
✅ Segment in our general newsletter promoting your business/organisation
✅ Question which redirects readers to your website
✅ Possible collection of responses via a form to collect email addresses
✅ Option for a solus email

Newsletter Sponsor
✅ Segment in our general newsletter promoting your business/organisation

Accommodation Classifieds

As well as doing Bluetit holidays we have a page dedicated to advertising holiday accommodation that is near to swim locations.

Click here to see the accommodation page.

  • Search by location, swim spot type, sleeps, region

✅ Picture of your accommodation
✅ Location Map
✅ Easy to set up
✅ 12 months of advertising
✅ Link to your website to book
✅ Promoted monthly in our global FB group

Sell your products

We work with a few partners who sell products that we have tried and tested and believe are suitable for our audience.

Click here to see who we currently work with.

✅ Logo on our partner page
✅ Your products listed on our website
✅ Payments managed by us
✅ Potential for co-branded products