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Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt
The Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt started as a number of local opportunities aligned in Swadlincote (South Derbyshire). Through place-based working in Newhall with Thriving Communities, a Newhall Community Network helped to bring local stakeholders and community members together every 6-8 weeks, to better understand the need and opportunities within communities. This highlighted the…
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New ‘Let’s Move for Surgery’ toolkit launched
New ‘Let’s Move for Surgery’ physical activity resources, for people with arthritis awaiting joint replacement surgery, have been launched by Versus Arthritis. The Let’s Move for Surgery toolkit is part of the Sport England funded Let’s Move programme, which consists of a range of physical activity resources, information and support to encourage people with arthritis…
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Women tell of the many benefits of walking
Five women have spoken about how they took their first steps into walking with the help of local walking groups, and about the range of benefits they have experienced as a result. The women have told how walking helps them to feel better physically and mentally, manage health conditions, or to feel less lonely and…
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Girls from City schools take part in leadership event to enable them to inspire others to be more active
Girls from seven Nottingham City schools have taken part in a girls’ leadership event to build confidence and enable them to inspire younger girls in their schools to be more active. Girls were selected to take part from Nottingham Free School, Djanogly City Academy, NUAST, Nottingham Academy, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, The Trinity Catholic School and…
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100 schools in Notts and Derbyshire selected to complete Active Lives Young People Survey this term
100 schools across Notts and Derbyshire have been selected by Sport England to complete the Active Lives Young People Survey this Spring term. The survey is the biggest of its kind, gathering insight into young people’s physical activity habits and their feelings towards physical activity. Schools which complete the survey receive a detailed, personalised report…
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New Census 2021 Insight Tool
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Sport England Reopens Small Grants Programme with Awards up to £15,000
The Sport England Small Grants Programme aims to support local community sport projects that encourage people to feel able to get involved in sport and physical activity. Grants of £300 to £15,000 are on offer for a twelve-month period. Applicants do not have to be a sports organisation to apply and a wide range of…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
