Bolsover Compass is part of the Active Neighbourhood Pilot work taking place in Derbyshire. They started a Youth Ambassador programme in Bolsover to support the young people in the area to develop skills for the future, contribute more to their community and bring them together. We joined them at their Halloween trail event, hosted and…
Last week I made a visit to Middleton and Wirksworth Wrestling Club to meet Tony Phillips and Dean Brown, Lead Coach. My visit involved discussions around safeguarding and how the sport of wrestling keeps members safe and how they make their clubs inclusive to all. Dean is very passionate about Wrestling and making the sport…
On the 17th of August the Active Notts team were invited to join Harvest Community Haven’s BBQ event for some Warm Welcomes filming. Warm Welcomes are free community spaces open to residents, bringing people together and supporting them. Harvest Commmunity Haven (HCH) is a black led Church in the Beeston area serving and supporting the…
Ninety-eight schools from 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 activity levels, physical literacy, swimming proficiency, wellbeing, self-efficacy and levels of social trust. Schools which complete the survey…
More than 300 young people from schools across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire took part in the Notts Forest Games. The targeted School Games event gave Year 3 and Year 4 pupils from 30 schools the chance to take part in a variety of outdoor activities that they may never have tried before at Sherwood Pines. This…
Young leaders from City of Derby Academy, The Bemrose School and Djanogly City Academy have taken part in a Girls Active event which they co-created, co-designed and co-delivered. The event was held at the Sports Hub at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Friday 28 June. It included activities focussing on strength, flexibility and functional…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
