Why Turtle Tots

Turtle Tots is a multi award-winning aquanatal yoga and baby and toddler swimming company operating in the UK and Ireland. Have you dreamt of running your own business? Then why not consider becoming a Turtle Tots franchise?

Since 2011, we’ve been franchising the Turtle Tots swimming programme and with more than 50 franchisees across the UK and Ireland, we’ve proven time and again that our business model works.

Owning a Turtle Tots Franchise is

• teaching children essential life-saving skills and sharing precious bonding time with families is a very rewarding experience
• our franchisees enjoy a better family life that doesn’t have to be fitted around the typical 9-5 routine
• franchisees are able to grow their own business to meet their own ambitions

Full Support

With the full support from a great Head Office team and a community of fantastic franchisees all pulling in the same direction, we can provide you with the tools, expertise, training and the brand recognition associated with Turtle Tots to build a brilliant business for you and your family.

Initial Training

All new franchisees complete comprehensive aquatic and business training programmes, equipping you with the skills and knowledge you’ll need to run a successful Turtle Tots business.

Our fully immersive residential aquatic course explores the Turtle Tots programme in depth, and is a blended training course with pool time and “dry training” over Zoom.

You will receive two days of tailored business training, designed to equip you with the key skills and knowledge to launch and run a successful Turtle Tots franchise. You will learn about all key business functions, with a particular focus on marketing and sales to help you launch your business as successfully as possible.

Ongoing Support

Turtle Tots head office team has a wealth of knowledge and experience to support you in growing your business. We tailor this to your individual needs based on regular two-way feedback and performance reviews.
We will help you through the process of growing your business at each step, be that growing your teaching team, employing business support staff or even building your own venue. We are here to guide you.

There is a strong focus on continued professional development, and there will be opportunities to gain further aquatic-related qualifications as your experience and business grows.

Annual Conference & Working Groups

You’ll attend our annual Franchisee Conference, where we share our strategy for the coming year, hold training workshops and bring in relevant speakers. It’s also an opportunity to share best practice and experiences with other Turtle Tots franchisees.

There will be opportunities to join our Franchise Advisory Council and various franchisee working groups, to help influence decisions on many areas of the business, ensuring that franchisees have a voice in all discussions.