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Girls from City schools take part in leadership event to enable them to inspire others to be more active
Girls from seven Nottingham City schools have taken part in a girls’ leadership event to build confidence and enable them to inspire younger girls in their schools to be more active. Girls were selected to take part from Nottingham Free School, Djanogly City Academy, NUAST, Nottingham Academy, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, The Trinity Catholic School and…
100 schools in Notts and Derbyshire selected to complete Active Lives Young People Survey this term
100 schools across Notts and Derbyshire have been selected by Sport England to complete the Active Lives Young People Survey this Spring term. The survey is the biggest of its kind, gathering insight into young people’s physical activity habits and their feelings towards physical activity. Schools which complete the survey receive a detailed, personalised report…
Getting active outdoors helps Amanda to look after her body and mind
Amanda, from Mansfield, has shared her story about living with long term health conditions as part of the We are Undefeatable campaign. Amanda prefers being outside to going to the gym, and enjoys walking and gardening to keep fit and help manage her health conditions. Amanda has also helped to set up a community allotment,…
Small steps have a positive impact for Margaret
Margaret, from Mansfield, has told how walking regularly has had a positive impact on her life. Margaret, who lives alone, has gradually increased the walking she is able to do and the places she is able to visit. Whilst living with a long term health condition, Margaret says walking has allowed her to get out…
Stephen stays active to take care of his wellbeing
Snooker player Stephen has shared his experiences of why the game is important to him and how he stays active to take care of his own wellbeing whilst living with long term health conditions. Stephen walks his dog regularly and goes swimming to help him stay fit, and enjoys snooker as his health conditions don’t…
Staying active when living with long term health conditions
Local people from Shirebrook have told us why they think it’s important to stay active and keep moving when living with long term health conditions. They talked about what motivates them and how they got involved in chair-based exercises. Being active helps them to get out and meet people, improving their mental and physical health.…
Marilena feels the health benefits of moving more
Marilena, a community champion from the NG20 group, was inspired to move more after attending some training delivered by Healthy Chats CIC. The training aimed to build people’s confidence to have more conversations about physical activity, and it helped Marilena to realise that moving more would actually help relieve her knee pain rather than make…
Latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey results released
The latest results from the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey show that, nationally, children and young people’s activity levels overall have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with 47% of children meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part in an average of 60 minutes or more of sport and physical activity a day.…
How Opening Schools Facilities funding has supported more young people to be active
Funding from Opening School Facilities enabled a number of schools across Notts and Derbyshire to open their school’s facilities in the evenings, weekends, or during the school holidays. In 2021 almost £350,000 of Department of Education funding was invested. This was predominantly in secondary schools, with a higher than national average percentage of young people…
Activity Alliance relaunches Inclusive Activity Programme
Activity Alliance has relaunched its Inclusive Activity Programme with new content and endorsement from the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). The new package offers a range of specialist inclusion training options for organisations and individuals. Since 2018, the Inclusive Activity Programme (IAP) has provided specialist inclusion training on how…