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National network of Sport Welfare Officers announced by Sport England

Posted: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:32

Sport England are investing £14.83 million of National Lottery money to establish a national network of welfare officers who'll mentor and support clubs across England.

The Sport Welfare Officers... Read More »

Tags: Active Partnerships, Clubs, Local Physical Activity, Local Sport, National Welfare Officer Network, Organisations, Safe Physical Activity, Safe Sport, Safeguarding, Sport England, Teams, Welfare Officers, sport welfare officers

Angling Trust introduce initiatives to get you fishing under Sport England 'Uniting the Movement' strategy

Angling Trust introduce initiatives to get you fishing under Sport England 'Uniting the Movement' strategy

Posted: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:02

Angling Trust has several exciting new initiatives which support Sport England's Uniting the Movement strategy. These programmes can bring wellbeing and education outcomes to the diverse communities you... Read More »

Tags: Fishing, Sport England, Uniting the Movement, Wellbeing

Government teams up with sports stars to launch new physical activity drive

Government teams up with sports stars to launch new physical activity drive

Posted: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:33

The Government will join forces with former sports stars, health professionals and fitness experts to help an additional 3.5 million adults and children get physically active by 2030, as part of a major... Read More »

Tags: Active Lives Survey, Active Partnerships, Adults, Children And Young People, Culture Secretary, Get Active, Get Active Strategy, Gold Framew, Health Professionals, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Guidelines, Prime Minister, Sport England, Sports Strategy, Strategy

Gareth Davies, Director of Active Suffolk speaking at Together Fund Learning Event

Active Suffolk holds very first Together Fund Learning Event!

Posted: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:52

On the 20th June, following the successful distribution of over £170,000 to local organisations and community groups across Suffolk through Sport England's Together Fund, Active Suffolk hosted over... Read More »

Tags: VCSE, charity, exercise, funding, ipswich town football club, ipswich town foundation, karibu, learning event, local communities, organisations, pandemic, physical activity, post-pandemic, projects, sport england, sporting memorie, stakeholders, suffolk mind, together fund

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

New funding to help keep leisure centres with pools afloat

New funding to help keep leisure centres with pools afloat

Posted: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:06

Publicly-owned leisure centres with swimming pools have been handed a financial boost following the announcement of a major new fund in today's Spring Budget.

This afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer... Read More »

Tags: #SaveLeisure, abbeycroft leisure, activ lives, active lives, community, funding, leisure centres, pools, sport england, swimming

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

Children’s Physical Activity levels bounce back after the Pandemic

Children’s Physical Activity levels bounce back after the Pandemic

Posted: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:42

Latest research on Children and Young People's activity levels by Sport England show a statistically significant 6.3% increase in Suffolk compared to last year. Currently 48.3% of Suffolk's children are... Read More »

Tags: Active Lives, Active Lives Survey, Children and Young People, Physical Activity, Sport England, Suffolk CYP

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