Your weekly physical activity bulletin No images? Click here Your weekly physical activity bulletinWe are working towards improving the health and wellbeing of the nation through sport, exercise and physical activity. For more information on our work visit our website or follow us on Twitter @NCSEM_PAnews 'Choose you' during This Girl Can WeekThe first This Girl Can Week started on Saturday 12th June as Sport England’s campaign calls on women to choose themselves and take the time to get active. After more than a year of disruption, the week is a response to Sport England’s own research that shows women have found it harder than men to maintain their activity habits curing the coronavirus pandemic. The figures come from wave 18 of its coronavirus activity, attitudes and behaviour tracking research, carried out by Savanta ComRes. It shows that while two thirds of women agree it’s become even more important to keep active through the pandemic, women have had less time to do so than men – 61% of men say the pandemic has given them more time to exercise, compared to just 54% of women. An increase in domestic responsibilities is one cause, with 16% of women listing childcare as a reason why they’re unable to prioritise time for exercise, compared to only 7% of men. This Girl Can Week, running from 12-19 June, will see the campaign encourage women across the country to ‘choose you’ and find a way to get active that works for them and makes them feel good. Special Olympics GB announces new four-year strategySpecial Olympics GB is delighted to reveal its new four-year strategy. Called Inclusion in Action, the new strategy firmly places athletes at the heart of Special Olympics GB, with a clear vision to drive sustainability and growth across every aspect of the organisation. While increasing advocacy and influence externally to help more of the 1.5 million people living with an intellectual disability in Great Britain today. Following extensive consultation over the last nine months with a wide range of registered members, athletes, trustees, corporate partners, key stakeholders, and with the help of international sports marketing agency and strategic partner to Special Olympics GB, Two Circles, our new strategy focuses on four main objectives which provide a clear and achievable roadmap for our organisation moving forward. Strategic objectives are:
New tools to improve sector's digital marketing skillsFree digital marketing training is being made available to the sport and physical activity sector as Sport England looks to encourage more people to play sport and be active. Sport England’s Digital Marketing Hub will be delivered by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) using learning content provided by a consortium of partners. The idea for the hub came as a response to findings highlighting a significant digital skills gap within the sector and it'll include online courses, webinars and resources with the aim of helping people and organisations delivering sport and physical activity to improve their skills. In addition to bite-size modules and a live webinar series, the hub – a part of our ongoing work to help the sector recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic – will also offer peer networking opportunities. The hub will be tailored to small businesses, self-employed professionals and volunteers at frontline organisations and clubs, as well as marketing and communication professionals at larger organisations. British Blind Sport ‘scales up’ See My Voice programmeFollowing the success of the three year See My Voice programme British Blind Sport is delighted to announce that it has been selected by Sport England as one of only five organisations that have been given the opportunity to ‘scale up’ the programme. See My Voice was developed to support blind and partially sighted young people achieve leadership skills through volunteering. The programme was chosen for its potential to scale its success from Sport England’s existing pool of volunteering fund grantees. Over the next 18 months British Blind Sport will receive support from social impact consultancy, Spring Impact, to pilot their approach to scaling See My Voice and explore new partnerships with other organisations to work alongside to enable young people from different impairment groups and backgrounds to participate. Since its launch in 2018, the 'See My Voice' programme has supported 159 Young Leaders to contribute over 2650 hours of their time to help facilitate clubs, events and organisations across the UK. They have volunteered in a variety of capacities, including coaching and event coordination to develop skills that will inevitably increase their confidence and enhance their employment prospects. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive it either via the SSEHS Active website or the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (East Midlands) website. Read our privacy policy. |