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The Big Green Book for Social Prescribers and HCP
GreenSpace have produced The Big Green Book, a directory of nature-based activities and opportunities around Nottingham. Social prescribers and healthcare workers can find a wealth of information, organised by location, to help their clients to choose an activity that is suitable for their needs. All the GreenSpace Trusted Providers are identified by GreenSpace logo, but…
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.…
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…
Activity Alliance relaunches Inclusive Activity Programme
Activity Alliance has relaunched its Inclusive Activity Programme with new content and endorsement from the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). The new package offers a range of specialist inclusion training options for organisations and individuals. Since 2018, the Inclusive Activity Programme (IAP) has provided specialist inclusion training on how…
Sport England programme findings reveal how to create an inclusive PE environment for secondary schools
Sport England, in association with Sheffield Hallam University, Youth Sport Trust, Activity Alliance and Association for Physical Education, has shared key insights taken from its Secondary Teacher Training (STT) programme. The research explores how secondary schools can adopt inclusive practices and incorporate student voice to provide a better PE, school sport and physical activity (PESSPA)…
88 schools in Notts and Derbyshire selected to complete Active Lives Young People Survey this term
88 schools across Notts and Derbyshire have been selected by Sport England to complete the Active Lives Young People Survey this autumn term. The survey is the biggest of its kind, gathering insight into young people’s physical activity habits and their feelings towards physical activity. Active Notts and Active Derbyshire are able to offer all…
More than 150 girls take part in Girls Active School Games event
More than 150 girls from four schools in Derby and Nottingham took part in a range of activities from archery to parkour, boxing and climbing after designing the event themselves. The girls, from Djanogly City Academy, City of Derby Academy, The Bemrose School, and Derby Moor Academy, took part in the Girls Active School Games…