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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…
Opening soon in parts of the East Midlands: People’s Health Trust
Small local groups (income less than £350K) with great ideas to make their communities even better places to live will be invited to apply for funding to turn their ideas into reality. The Active Communities funding programme opens on 16 November 2022 1pm in parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. What they fund: Small and local…
NEW: Future Communities Fund (Young People)
The Co-operative Foundation are hosting a webinar from 10am – 11am on Wednesday 23 November for voluntary organisations that want to find out more about unrestricted funding available soon from their new Future Communities Fund. Sign up for the webinar. In this first round of funding they’ll look to support organisations building communities that are: The fund…