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Forest Games give young people a positive experience of being active in nature
More than 300 young people from schools across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire took part in the Notts Forest Games. The targeted School Games event gave Year 3 and Year 4 pupils from 30 schools the chance to take part in a variety of outdoor activities that they may never have tried before at Sherwood Pines. This…
Young leaders co-create Girls Active event
Young leaders from City of Derby Academy, The Bemrose School and Djanogly City Academy have taken part in a Girls Active event which they co-created, co-designed and co-delivered. The event was held at the Sports Hub at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Friday 28 June. It included activities focussing on strength, flexibility and functional…
Young leaders’ work to support others to move more is celebrated at Empower event
Pupils from Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham Girls Academy and Nottingham Free School have returned to the University of Nottingham’s David Ross Sport Village to celebrate how they have supported others in their school to move more in ways that work for them. The girls attended an Empower event at the university in…
School Games event encourages young people to ‘Believe. Move. Achieve’
Young people from Brackenfield SEND School, Wings School Notts and Dawn House School took part in the ‘Believe. Move. Achieve.’ School Games event at the University of Nottingham’s David Ross Sport Village on June 10. All of the young people took part in a variety of activities such as archery, martial arts and circuits, as…
New film shows how pupils are being supported to move more
A new film is now available which shows how Brackenfield SEND School in Long Eaton has been using Opening School Facilities (OSF) funding to support its pupils to move more in ways that work for them. The film includes interviews with the school’s Headteacher Trish Turner and Pathway Lead Peter Csizmadia, as well as pupils,…
Introduction to Netwalking session- Chesterfield Walking Festival.
Walk Derbyshire and Healthy Workplaces Derbyshire hosted an ‘Introduction to Netwalking’ session as part of the Chesterfield Walking Festival. The circular walk on Tuesday 14 May started at The Hub @ Low Pavement in Chesterfield with the route taking in Queen’s Park and part of the Chesterfield Art Trail. Those attending were given details of…
Young carers achieve their personal best at inspirational School Games event
A group of young carers from The Elizabethan Academy in Retford have taken part in an adventure day at Walesby Forest Activity Centre. The School Games event, organised by Active Notts together with Bassetlaw School Games Organiser Kate Voice, was designed to be an inspirational day for the young people. It followed a consultation with…
Club Welfare Officer feedback survey
Cath Cooke and Franky Boyland have recently been appointed as the Sports Welfare Leads for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, and Derby and Derbyshire, to support the work of the Club Welfare Officers. The roles are part of a national network of Sport Welfare Officers funded by Sport England to support National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs)…
Derbyshire and Notts Schools selected for Summer’s Active Lives Young People Survey
A total of 93 schools from across Derbyshire and Notts have been selected by Sport England to complete the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the summer term. The survey is the biggest of its kind, gathering insight into young people’s activity levels, physical literacy, swimming proficiency, wellbeing, self-efficacy and levels of social…
LitterSorters: Walking with a purpose
To help mark the Great British Spring Clean (March 15 to 31), we joined Transition Chesterfield for their monthly LitterSorters litter pick. Litter picking is a great way to make a positive difference to the environment as well as walking with a purpose. Insight from the Walk Derbyshire Consortiums also tells us that one of…