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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…
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Get moving from Screen to Green
Today is Mental Health Awareness Day and by no coincidence a new local area app has launched which aims to give people a boost. The GreenSpace NG app aims to help boost the health and wellbeing of people across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, by encouraging them to explore more green spaces in their community and beyond.…
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Opportunities to be active in Chesterfield
Destination Chesterfield are running an ‘Invest in Chesterfield photography project’ centred around families moving more and they need a few more volunteer models to make it a success. We’re looking for more people to pose as ‘models’ at the following dates and locations, so they’d love to showcase a diverse and vibrant Chesterfield. The details…
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Amazing Spaces – St Philip’s Hub
A culture of activity can be developed in the most unlikely of spaces.St Philip’s Hub, in Chaddesden, Derby is proof that if you approach things in the right way,with a positive frame of mind, great things can happen. “St Philip’s is here for the wholecommunity, regardless of faith,or lack of. It is here for everyone.”…
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Redwood Colts – Champions in the community
Redwood Colts FC are a grassroots football club in Derby, run by volunteers, for the benefit of children and young adults, who want to learn to play football in a fun and safe environment. Warren Muir, founder and manager of Redwood Colts, became inspired to do something for his own community. He saw that a…
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Netwalk – Future ways of working (and walking)
Since the Covid-19 Pandemic, we have all seen significant changes to our lives, and especially, in the way we work. Those who could work from home – did, and many continue to do so, in some way. The latest walking insight tells us the number of people walking has reduced in Notts. But as we…
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Beat the Street is coming to Swadlincote
Beat the Street, the free, fun, walking, cycling and wheeling game, is coming to Swadlincote in South Derbyshire. From Wednesday 15 March to Wednesday 26 April, Swadlincote will be transformed into a giant game designed to get children and communities moving by helping people to make small changes, such as walking or cycling to school…
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Fancy a Fun Run/walk/wheel in the Derbyshire Dales?
Derbyshire Dales District Council are hosting a number of entry level active events for the local communities in each of their four market towns, Matlock, Bakewell, Wirksworth and Ashbourne. The events are open to any age or ability and are designed to introduce those people who are less confident when it comes to being physically…
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New ‘Let’s Move for Surgery’ toolkit launched
New ‘Let’s Move for Surgery’ physical activity resources, for people with arthritis awaiting joint replacement surgery, have been launched by Versus Arthritis. The Let’s Move for Surgery toolkit is part of the Sport England funded Let’s Move programme, which consists of a range of physical activity resources, information and support to encourage people with arthritis…
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Women tell of the many benefits of walking
Five women have spoken about how they took their first steps into walking with the help of local walking groups, and about the range of benefits they have experienced as a result. The women have told how walking helps them to feel better physically and mentally, manage health conditions, or to feel less lonely and…