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Youth Sport Trust – Girls Active Awards 2018
The Girls Active Awards 2018 are an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the incredible impact girls are having in inspiring and engaging girls and women to get active and lead healthier and happier lives.
This year the Girls Active awards have brand new categories and for the first time primary aged girls who are part of the Stepping Up for Change programme will be involved.
Nominate today
Recognise a deserving girl today by nominating for the Girls Active Awards. It only takes 5 minutes.
Deadline: 20 July 2018.
Winners will be brought to London for a high-profile awards ceremony in London in October 2018.
England Athletics – Applications open again in July for clubs and RunTogether groups to join #runandtalk and appoint Mental Health Champions
England Athletics, supported by Mind the mental health charity, are encouraging people to #RunAndTalk to improve their mental wellbeing through running and to break down the stigma associated with mental health by getting people talking about it.
England Athletics and Mind are encouraging Athletics Clubs and RunTogether Groups to join #RunAndTalk and appoint Mental Health Champions. Applications are taken 4 times a year during application windows which open for a month at a time. Those clubs / groups that apply will be contacted at the end of the month window with further information.
Applications are now open throughout July; click here to apply
This application window is open 1 to 31 July.
Further application windows will be open in October 2018 and January 2019.
England Boxing – Expression of interest to deliver England Boxing level 2 coaching courses
The design and profiling of the new England Boxing Level 2 Coaching Course is well underway. To ensure the delivery of these training interventions is successful, a suitably qualified and experienced team of Coach Educators is required.
Experience/Qualification Requirement:
As a pre-requisite, only individuals that hold the minimum of an England Boxing Level 3 Coaching Qualification can apply to deliver the Level 2 Coaching Course. Wherever possible, please provide as much detail as possible and evidence your experience against the detail highlighted within the Role Description and Person Specification.
Expression of Interest
Coaches that wish to be considered to deliver this new training programme are requested to email the requested detail to: karl.whalley@englandboxing.org – Closing date is the 12 Aug 2018.
StreetGames #5000BY2021 – Sports Charity launches campaign to help 5,000 Sport Coaches Be ‘Mental Health Aware’
National sports charity StreetGames has announced its latest campaign to support the mental health and wellbeing of the UK’s disadvantaged young people. The #5000by2021 campaign will bring together representatives from across the sporting, business and policy-making sectors, in a new pledge to train 5,000 sports coaches in mental health awareness by 2021.
As a recognised leader in the youth and community sports sectors, StreetGames understands the many pressures that affect the lives of young people, as well as the crucial role that a trusted adult can play in supporting young people, when properly trained to respond.
Dementia – The best exercises to reduce Alzheimer’s symptoms revealed
Dementia risk could be reduced by making changes to your diet or exercise plan.
These are the best exercises to reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, according to charity the Alzheimer’s Society.
2018 Para Games a record-breaker!
The fifth Surrey Para Games attracted record numbers of participants.
More than 200 children, with special educational needs and disability (SEND), from schools throughout Surrey gathered at Charterhouse Club, Godalming on July 4 to try a variety of sports.
Sport and Recreation Alliance issues ultimatum to secure #RightToBeActive for every child
Sport and Recreation Alliance launches campaign to place a child’s fundamental right to be active on the same footing as rights to education, shelter and nutrition. #RightToBeActive
60% of the nation don’t think we do enough to get children active according to new research by the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
With 80% of girls and 77% of boys failing to meet the national recommended level of activity, the public have voiced their concern about the health and well-being of our children and young people.
Physical activity holds key to improving student mental health – new study
University students who take part in regular physical activity say they perform better, are more employable and enjoy better mental wellbeing, according to the biggest study of its kind.
With students in higher education under more pressure than ever to balance studies, finances and social lives, reports of mental health issues are on the rise, particularly feelings of loneliness and isolation. Recent figures from the Office of National Statistics suggest 95 students took their own lives in England and Wales in the 12 months to July last year, leading the Government to introduce an awards system to recognise universities achieving excellence in mental health care.
Exercise and breast cancer recovery
Women in Sport is working alongside Breast Cancer Now, to look at ways to support women to exercise and be physically active following a breast cancer diagnosis.
To assist with this important research, we want to speak to women aged between 50 and 65 who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years and feel that regular exercise has helped their physical and mental health.
We would also be interested to hear from close friends and family of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years.
Please get in touch here if you feel you can contribute.
Mindbody report: Employing “right trainers” key to customer retention
Fitness operators looking to improve their member retention should focus on recruiting “knowledgeable, friendly instructors”.
One in five (20 per cent) people who exercise regularly see having the “right instructor” as the most important factor in sticking to a new fitness regime – but just 4 per cent of people claim to have found their “dream instructor”.
The skills that gym members most value in their trainers differs depending on the member’s preferred method of primary exercise.
34 per cent of those who mainly attend gyms for weight training value the trainer’s fitness knowledge the most, while the most important quality for those who do HIIT is an instructor’s ability to push them hard.
For those who visit gyms mainly to attend yoga sessions, the trainer’s patience is the most valued skill.
The findings come from a study undertaken by management software provider Mindbody, which researched data obtained from gyms and studios which use its platform.
As part of the study, Mindbody listed the top five traits that gym users in general look for from their instructors:
- A friendly personality (27 per cent of all members)
2. Knowledge of the industry (22 per cent)
3. Highly qualified (14 per cent)
4. Patience (12 per cent)
5. A positive attitude (10 per cent)
British athletic games launched for wounded Armed Forces
The UK will hold a national sports event to support the recovery and rehabilitation of injured, wounded and ill British military next year.
Organised in partnership with Help for Heroes and the Royal British Legion, this will see over 400 British veterans and personnel participate, helping those with injury or illness overcome mental and physical hurdles.
Participants will be able to take part in sports including: athletics, wheelchair basketball, powerlifting, swimming and sitting volleyball.
The Prime Minister will make the announcement while attending Armed Forces Day, held in Llandudno this year.
2018 Local Authority Health Profile pdfs
The 2018 Local Authority Health Profile pdfs have been released.
These can be accessed via the Find your Health Profile section or via the Download section of the Health Profiles online tool.