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The Inactivity of Refugees
Overall, an estimated 1.1m people migrated to the UK in 2022 (year to June). After subtracting those who emigrated, the UK population rose by 504,000 – the net migration total. That is a record jump from a high of more than 330,000 seen in 2016, the year of the Brexit vote. Asylum applications, including those…
Portland College and This Girl Can
We know from data and insight that young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are less likely to be active and if we want to address this inequality, we have to provide more support to empower these young people to move more in a way that works for them. Portland College in Nottinghamshire…
Talking Space – Sharing stories of co-production
This Talking Space was held on March 23rd 2023 and was an opportunity to hear some recentexamples of co-production and co-design across Notts and Derbyshire. You can watch or re-watch the recording now to hear from a variety of different approaches toengaging and learning from different communities and service users. Here is a preview of…
Derbyshire Active Carers Event Resources
Carers and those supporting carers from across Derbyshire attended the Derbyshire Active Carers event on Thursday 02 March to hear some inspiring stories from other carers about how they get active to support their own wellbeing and meet the services and organisations to support them. There was also a training session for Get Yourself Active,…
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.”…
Kenning Park Forest School – supporting the local community to move more
Michaela Thorpe from Kenning Park Forest School in Clay Cross shared how the Forest School has grown from an Home Education group to supporting the local community through adult based sessions, mental health support and holiday sessions for local children. Michaela has credited the support of local partners in growing the group and offering a…
Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt
The Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt started as a number of local opportunities aligned in Swadlincote (South Derbyshire). Through place-based working in Newhall with Thriving Communities, a Newhall Community Network helped to bring local stakeholders and community members together every 6-8 weeks, to better understand the need and opportunities within communities. This highlighted the…
Talking Space – Enabling women who are less active to move more
Our final Talking Space of 2022 took place which focused on ways to encourage Women and Girls to move more. The session focused on strategies and stories from the This Girl Can campaign in Nottingham and featured contributions from Loz Uttley from Nottingham City Council and TGC Community Activator and Zumba Instructor Charm Daley. This…
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…