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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…
Funding Workshop: NLCF – Awards for All and Reaching Communities
Derbyshire Dales CVS will be hearing from Marc Lupson from the National Lottery Community Fund in the New Year. This will be on Zoom, and they hope to offer a further opportunity for a face-to-face meeting with the Lottery in the Spring. The National Lottery Community Fund run programmes such as Awards for All…
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…
Apply Now to Derbyshire County Council’s Warm Spaces Fund
Are you part of a charity, voluntary organisation, or community group? Could you offer a warm space to people who need it with some help from us? You’re invited to apply to Derbyshire’s Warm Spaces Fund to help you get set up. They’ve already had 63 applications totalling just over £51,000 and have now increased…
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.…
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…
NEW Future Communities Fund – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A NEW unrestricted fund from the Co-op will support organisations with charitable aims (although there is not a requirement to be a registered charity to apply) to help diverse young people become leaders and activists. Unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 from this round are available from the £1.5m Future Communities Fund. Funding will be…
A boost for Nottinghamshire talented athletes
Funding to support the county’s budding Olympians, Paralympians and Special Olympians is available once again. Helping overcome potential financial hurdles such as training and equipment costs. Nottinghamshire County Council has continued its commitment to supporting Talented Athletes with a funding pot of £50,000 to help more up-and-coming athletes recognise their potential in their chosen sport, particularly…