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We hope you've been able to get back to some form of normality now that restrictions are continuing to ease and that Clubs have been able to welcome some members back and coaches, instructors & volunteers have been able to resume some form of face to face activity outdoors! It won't be too long before we can all get back to normal (fingers crossed!)

  

Coaches Unite!

Return to play - preparing for the next steps

Our partners at UK Coaching have launched a nationwide survey to understand what it is coaches need to return to play and support our nations as sport and physical activity resumes. Are you a coach? Do you know a coach? – Pass it on!

Complete the short survey in just 5-10 minutes and you could also win prizes, as a thank you for your time.

Click HERE to take part in the survey.

  

Free Wellbeing Workshop

  
  

There are still a number of places available on the FREE online 'Wellbeing in Workplace' workshop delivered by Wellbeing Suffolk on Tuesday 11th May from 14:00 - 15:30.

The workshop will be hosted via Zoom and will teach you skills to combat stress, emotional challenges, anxiety and low mood problems, as well as help you become more resilient to stresses and difficulties in the future.

The session also includes some useful guidance on the causes of stress and techniques to manage it and is applicable for everyone, no matter how you are feeling right now. It may be that you are experiencing stress and anxiety caused by the current pandemic. It could be that your stress is being caused by your work life, home life, or perhaps elsewhere. It may be that you feel you are coping fine at the moment.

To secure your place, please register no later than 4th MAY: HERE. Please put Active Suffolk Workforce as your employer, the workshop title is 'Wellbeing in the Workplace' and ensure you enter the correct date (11th May) for the workshop in order to secure your place.

Once registered, you will then be emailed a Zoom link and password a week before the session.

For more information on the workshop, please see our website.

  

Club and Coach Education Programme

With restrictions continuing to ease we are looking to resume face to face First Aid in Sport & Emergency First Aid training in a COVID secure way from May. We are currently looking at what venues can accommodate this and will soon be adding dates to our website. If you would like to be informed of when these resume please contact Active Suffolk or keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks.

The Safeguarding and Protecting Children workshops, continue to be available online via UK Coaching and we will also be able to arrange face to face training over the coming months. If you would like to arrange a closed course for your club then please do get in touch with us.

Don't forget to check out our online CPD Guide and the courses page of our website for all other CPD opportunities.

  

Active Lives Adult Survey

More active adults reported in Suffolk compared to the national average

  
  

The latest Active Lives data released by Sport England today, show adults in Suffolk to be more active than the national average. The survey has reported that 61.4% of adults across the country are meeting the physical activity guidelines set by the Chief Medical Officer, which after a very challenging year for the country due to the pandemic not surprisingly shows a significant decrease over the last 12 months.

However, for Suffolk 63.2% of adults are classified as active, which is a slight improvement in the direction of travel compared to last year's figures. Overall, the figures show that Suffolk is the only Active Partnership area to show a statistically significant increase in the number of active people since 2015/16, when the Active Lives survey was first produced, which is very encouraging and shows the strength of the collaborative partnership working across Suffolk.

Insight into the impact of the pandemic, also highlighted the widening of health inequalities which is a known factor effecting the number of people taking part in regular physical activity. During this challenging time, and in addition to other successes Active Suffolk have proudly secured £493,000 of funding through Sport England for sports clubs and organisations across the county who work to tackle those recognised inequalities such as disability, ethnicity, areas of deprivation and long- term conditions.

For more information about the latest insight published by Sport England, visit www.activesuffolk.org/active-lives-survey

The national report also gives an overview of volunteering in sport and physical activity in England. It shows that one in five adults – just under 10 million people – gave up their time to support sport and physical activity at some point across the 12 months from November 2019 to November 2020. It underlines what we already knew: the response by sports volunteers to the challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic has been inspirational and phenomenal, so thank you to all those volunteers out there!

The full Active Lives report published by Sport England can be found at: www.sportengland.org/news/impact-coronavirus-activity-levels-revealed

  

"We are...." Campaign

Active Suffolk are launching a brand new campaign titled "We are..." at the end of this month which celebrates our 25th year by giving recognition to our dedicated and passionate staff, stakeholders, partners and local workforce that we have collaborated with over the years and of course residents in Suffolk who have achieved great things through physical activity and sport.

The first phase of the campaign will kick off via social media at the end of this month where we will be sharing comments from our staff about why they are proud to work for Active Suffolk.

As one of our key partners we would really like to showcase the impact we have achieved together as part of our second phase of the campaign which will launch at the end of May. We may not have worked with you for as long as 25 years, however we want to use this opportunity not only to celebrate the partnership we have with you, but also to acknowledge the success and achievements gained through doing so. We hope that this will be a good opportunity to share joint success and raise your profile based on the great work you have done to support local people to be more active or participate in sport.

To be involved all you need to do is fill in this very simple form on our website before 17th May.

The third phase of this campaign will launch in June and we will be sharing stories of success from those from the county who have achieved great things through sport and physical activity. We will be in touch again with another update soon. However, if you already have a group or individual in mind, please do let us know.

  

News

 

More active adults reported in Suffolk compared to the national average

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New collaboration set to support hundreds of inactive adults in South Rural Suffolk

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Registration now open for “Life changing” Great East Run Outreach programme

Registration is now open for the renowned Great East Run Outreach programme for inactive Suffolk residents.

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The largest free outdoor fitness and online craze is coming to Suffolk this month

Our Parks will launch free fitness sessions across Suffolk from 1st May 2021. Outdoor, family exercise classes such as HIIT,... Read More »

  
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