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East Region Active Partnership Active Lives Data Results Comparison

Suffolk ranks higher than national average for active adults

Posted: Mon, 22 May 2023 12:24

The latest Active Lives data released by Sport England, show adults in Suffolk to be more active than the national average.

The survey has reported that 63.1% of adults across the country are meeting the... Read More »

Tags: Active, Active Adults, Active Lives, Active Lives Data, Active Lives Survey, Active Partnerships, Activities, Babergh, Community, Data, East Region, Evaluation, Fairly Active, Get Active, Inactive, Insight, Ipswich, Mid , Sport England, Suffolk, Together Fund, Weekly Exercise

Grants to Help Disabled Young People to Compete in Sporting Events (UK)

Grants to Help Disabled Young People to Compete in Sporting Events (UK)

Posted: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:21

Disabled children and young people across the UK can apply for funding to help them participate in disability sports.

'Get Kids Going!' provides young people (up to the 26 years of age) with all disabilities,... Read More »

Tags: #getactive, Charity, Children, Children With Disabilities, Design And Development, Disability, Disabled Children, Disabled Sport, Funding, Get Active, Get Kids Going, Grant, Paralympics, Physical Activi, Sporting Events, Sports, Sports Equipment, Training, Wheelchair Sport

Tesco Announces £5m in Funding for Schools Across the UK

Tesco Announces £5m in Funding for Schools Across the UK

Posted: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:10

Funding to support the provision of healthy food and physical activities for schoolchildren.

From summer 2023, UK schools will be able to apply for a grant of up to £1,500 from Tesco to help give... Read More »

Tags: #getactive, Active, Children, Community, Community Grants, Food, Funding, Grants, Groundwork, Healthy, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Outdoors, Physical Activity, Play, Schoolchildren, Schools, Tackling Barriers, Tesco

Funding received to support Suffolk schools to open their sports facilities to help communities to be more active

Funding received to support Suffolk schools to open their sports facilities to help communities to be more active

Posted: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:50

Active Suffolk has been awarded a share of up to £57m worth of Opening School Facilities investment from the Department for Education, to support schools to open their sporting facilities for local... Read More »

Tags: Active, Active Lives, Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, Active Lives data, Active Lunchbreak, Active Schools, Children and Young People, OSF, Opening Schools Facility Investment, Schools, Sport England, communit, funding, opening schools, physical activity

Abbeycroft Leisure - Big Swim Day

Abbeycroft Leisure - Big Swim Day

Posted: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:21

Abbeycroft Leisure invites the whole community to demonstrate their support for much loved local swimming pools by coming along and joining them for Big Swim Day.

The event, on Friday 24th February, aims... Read More »

Tags: #bigswimday, #saveleisure, Abbeycroft Leisure, active, active lives, active mums, big swim day, community, exercise, family swim, get active, health, leisure centre, physical activity, pool, swimming

CSEP's Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy receives international adoption.

CSEP's Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy receives international adoption.

Posted: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:30

A recent collaboration between the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and the Active Pregnancy Foundation has led to the creation... Read More »

Tags: Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy, active, active mums, activity, baby, bump, child, exercise, exercise in pregnancy, girl, maternal, maternity, mum to be, pregnancy, pregnancy safety, pregnant, questionnaire, safety, tgc, this girl can, women

PE, School Sport and Physical Activity Conference Rescheduled

PE, School Sport and Physical Activity Conference Rescheduled

Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:15

Active Suffolk's PE, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESPPA) Conference planned for 1st February 2023 has been rescheduled for Wednesday 22nd February 2023 in order to maximise impact.

Our PESPPA conference... Read More »

Tags: Active

Mums and daughters inspired to spend #TimeTogether to tackle inactivity crisis

Mums and daughters inspired to spend #TimeTogether to tackle inactivity crisis

Posted: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:06

After an incredible summer of women's sport, which saw multiple attendance and viewing figures broken, the charity Women in Sport is encouraging mothers and their teenage daughters to spend #TimeTogether... Read More »

Tags: Active, Daughter, Mother, This Girl Can, Time Together, Women in Sport

New all-day activity club addressing inequalities launched in Bury St Edmunds

New all-day activity club addressing inequalities launched in Bury St Edmunds

Posted: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:25

A new sports and swim club based in Bury St Edmunds, has recently launched, aimed at tackling inequalities and increasing physical activity levels for participants with additional needs.

The Big Sport Club,... Read More »

Tags: Active, Big Sport, Disability, Disability Sport, Sport England, Tackling Inequalities, Together Fund