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Derby Refugee Week 2024 Football Tournament
It’s amazing how football and physical activity can bring people together, as evidenced in Derby during Refugee Week 2024, where we saw 91 refugees and asylum seekers, from more than 12 different countries, all united in their love of football and being more active. There were players based all across the East Midlands and representing…
Young leaders’ work to support others to move more is celebrated at Empower event
Pupils from Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham Girls Academy and Nottingham Free School have returned to the University of Nottingham’s David Ross Sport Village to celebrate how they have supported others in their school to move more in ways that work for them. The girls attended an Empower event at the university in…
School Games event encourages young people to ‘Believe. Move. Achieve’
Young people from Brackenfield SEND School, Wings School Notts and Dawn House School took part in the ‘Believe. Move. Achieve.’ School Games event at the University of Nottingham’s David Ross Sport Village on June 10. All of the young people took part in a variety of activities such as archery, martial arts and circuits, as…
New film shows how pupils are being supported to move more
A new film is now available which shows how Brackenfield SEND School in Long Eaton has been using Opening School Facilities (OSF) funding to support its pupils to move more in ways that work for them. The film includes interviews with the school’s Headteacher Trish Turner and Pathway Lead Peter Csizmadia, as well as pupils,…
Introduction to Netwalking session- Chesterfield Walking Festival.
Walk Derbyshire and Healthy Workplaces Derbyshire hosted an ‘Introduction to Netwalking’ session as part of the Chesterfield Walking Festival. The circular walk on Tuesday 14 May started at The Hub @ Low Pavement in Chesterfield with the route taking in Queen’s Park and part of the Chesterfield Art Trail. Those attending were given details of…
Young carers achieve their personal best at inspirational School Games event
A group of young carers from The Elizabethan Academy in Retford have taken part in an adventure day at Walesby Forest Activity Centre. The School Games event, organised by Active Notts together with Bassetlaw School Games Organiser Kate Voice, was designed to be an inspirational day for the young people. It followed a consultation with…
Club Welfare Officer feedback survey
Cath Cooke and Franky Boyland have recently been appointed as the Sports Welfare Leads for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, and Derby and Derbyshire, to support the work of the Club Welfare Officers. The roles are part of a national network of Sport Welfare Officers funded by Sport England to support National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs)…
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…
Making Movement a Priority in Communities
As part of our work with the Notts Falls and Physical Activity Community of Practice, we hosted our THIRD webinar in the Making Movement a Priority series, titled Making movement a priority in Communities. The interest in this session was truly overwhelming, with over 100 people signing up to attend the event and half of…
Empower Girls Leadership event supports and inspire girls to move more
More than 70 girls from Nottingham City schools took part in the Empower Girls Leadership event alongside student volunteers from the University of Nottingham as part of work to support and inspire girls to move more. Organised by the University of Nottingham, School Sport Nottingham and Active Notts, the event was held at David Ross…