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Local leisure centres to offer free activities on National Fitness Day 2021
Local leisure centres run by Everyone Active in partnership with Somerset West and Taunton Council, will be offering free activities as part of National Fitness Day 2021 on Wednesday 22nd September – set to be the UK's most active day of the year.
Wellsprings Leisure Centre will be hosting a range of free activities including group cycling, yoga, body pump, and virtual classes. Blackbrook Leisure... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:49
Kit Out the Nation extended to 16th October - Donate your unwanted sports kit!
In partnership with BBC Radio Somerset, SASP are taking part in Kit Out The Nation.
What is this campaign about?
Kit Out the Nation' is a BBC month long Make a Difference campaign aimed at taking in and distributing unwanted, good condition sports kit and getting it to children and teenagers who need it. It will mirror the 'Give a Laptop' campaign, working with partners around the country.
Why are we... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:57
Happy Healthy Holidays Summer Round-Up
There has been fantastic engagement with the Happy Healthy Holidays Somerset Programme with 83% booked over the summer holidays.
Seeing how so many young people have engaged with these sessions has demonstrated that there is a real need to provide co-ordinated, high quality activities over the holiday periods to keep young people active and healthy.
This funding has been made available by Somerset County... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:00
Jump Start Summer
The Summer holidays have seen another year of exciting activities, stepping outside comfort zones, smiles, giggles and new friendships formed for our Jump Start young people.
Each of our five areas from across the county offered an opportunity to engage in two different activities a week, one at local parks and one 'away day'. Our park sessions offered continued provision for our regular young people,... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:00
Nominations for ‘prestigious’ coaching awards open
- Nominations for the 24th UK Coaching Awards are now open
- UK Coaching is encouraging the British public to nominate a coach as part of its Great Coaching Comeback campaign
Hosted by UK Coaching, the highly regarded awards showcase the diverse work of coaches from all walks of life, helping people improve their well-being and activity levels.
This year, the lead charitable organisation for sports and physical... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:00
Skills for Sport
The Somerset School Games programme delivered a summer term of rounders activities to primary schools across Somerset as part of a new initiative "Skills for Sport"
What is Skills for Sport?
Skills for Sport is a programme that recruits College leavers enthusiastic about sport and gives them training and employment opportunities during the Summer term and beyond. The training focusses on delivering sport... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:26
Kit Out the Nation (4th September - 2nd October) - Donate your unwanted sports kit!
In partnership with BBC Radio Somerset, SASP are taking part in Kit Out The Nation.
What is this campaign about?
Kit Out the Nation' is a BBC month long Make a Difference campaign aimed at taking in and distributing unwanted, good condition sports kit and getting it to children and teenagers who need it. It will mirror the 'Give a Laptop' campaign, working with partners around the country.
Why are we... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:12
New Football Club Defibrillator Scheme
Jay's Aim is a registered charity set up to reduce the number of young people who die from sudden cardiac arrest in SW England. One of the things we do is provide public access defibrillators to schools, sports clubs and public places. We have provided over 70 since setting up in 2018 so are now relatively experienced in the process.
Jays Aim have been working tirelessly with the target of reducing... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:46
Help shape the new Somerset Physical Activity and Sport Strategy
We would like your help in developing a new Physical Activity and Sport Strategy for Somerset.
We can all play a role in making it easier and more appealing for people to be active. By doing this we can improve lives and enable people across Somerset to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits that activity, exercise and sport brings.
The last 18 months has been a critical year for health and wellbeing.... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:32
Join us for the August Family Challenge and Get Outside in Somerset
The summer holidays are an ideal way to spend time together and enjoy the local parks and discovering new areas, but we know it can be challenging thinking of things to do every day. We have therefore come up with fun and active daily activities that you can do together as a family or individually, throughout August.
There's something different every day, but also a chance for you to make your own.... Read More »
Posted: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:00
