No images? Click here Your weekly physical activity bulletin19 March 2024 We 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 X @NCSEM_PAnews Loughborough University to partner with mental health charity to launch sleep studyA research programme investigating how to improve sleeping problems faced by people with complex mental health issues is being launched. Colleagues from Loughborough University are working in partnership with St Andrew’s Healthcare on the research, which will involve following the sleep patterns of patients whom the Northampton mental health charity is currently treating. Is it hoped the research programme – launched on World Sleep Day on Friday 15 March – will identify key factors that might improve the quality of sleep among patients. The first programme into sleeping problems in patients at the Northampton site was completed last year and found that patients who engaged in physical activity were less likely to suffer from insomnia symptoms. The next stage will investigate the likely benefit of lifestyle interventions to improve insomnia symptoms in this population facing complex challenges. Experts in Sport: The sports apparel waste problemThe Experts in Sport podcast is a regular series that brings together experts from across Loughborough University with external thought leaders to discuss the latest research and hot topics in sport and academia with new episodes launched regularly. In this episode of the Experts in Sport podcast, host Martin Foster is joined by guest Joanna Czutkowna to discuss the issue of sustainability around sports kit apparel and the wider social issues that influence its consumption and use. Larger issues around the unsustainable nature of the fashion industry are explored, revealing that only one per cent of used clothing is turned into new clothing. Infrastructure within the consumerist world is not scaled to prioritise sustainability; fast fashion and ultra-fast fashion present themselves as issues in this space. Play Their Way backs Youth Social Prescribing to tackle mental health crisis through child-first coachingOn National Social Prescribing Day, StreetGames as part of the Play Their Way campaign are recognising the role of coaches delivering socially prescribed activity to support the mental, physical, and emotional health of young people – amid a concerning increase of poor mental health and growing waiting lists for mental health services. StreetGames, are part of the 17-strong Children’s Coaching Collaborative – a collective of like-minded organisations, who want to create a nation of child-first coaches. Child-first coaching, where coaches focus on championing every child’s voice, choice and journey in sport and physical activity, aims to ensure positive experiences for every young person through the people who know them best – their coaches. The approach is seen as critical to increasing enjoyment levels for all children and young people and helping them stay active for life but has particular benefits for young people experiencing poor mental health. Sport Environment and Climate Coalition resource hubClimate change is having a devastating impact around the world. To help clubs and organisations do their bit to reduce their environmental impact, the British Association for Sustainable Sport have put together a new online hub jampacked with ideas, guides and information. The hub brings together the most relevant knowledge on sports sustainability with practical documents and resources that can be used to affect meaningful change. The weekly physical activity bulletin in a summary of news stories that appear across the physical activity sector. The National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. |