Active Together Annual Review 21/22 - Case Study More People
- Date Published
- Aug 2022
- Document Type
- Case Study
- More Info
- https://www.active-together.org/framework
- Tags
- Partner, Research and Evidence
- Themes
- COVID-19 Recovery, Economic Impact, Education*, Health & Wellbeing*, Physical Activity, Social & Community*, Under Represented Groups*
- Sub Themes
- Mental Health, Physical Health, Crime, Deprivation, Disability, Lower socio-economic groups, Young People
- Geographic Area
- Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland*
- Lifestages
- Children & Young People, Adults, Older Adults
- Sport / Activity
- Running, Skipping
Throughout the year there have been many successes in delivering the strategic outcomes for More People and some of these have been highlighted below.
174 schools took part in the Daily Boost programme with over 1.5 million minutes of activity taking place.
Over 40,000 children and young people, 3,000 of which were disables young athletes engaged in School Games and Team Leicestershire events.
To tackle problems that children and young people with mental health face 7 youth engagement activators worked with schools through 'youth led' physical activity and sport interventions.
58 young talented athletes accessed 14 specialist training workshops and £6,481 was distributed to 16 athletes in need of financial support through Team Leicestershire Talent.
St. Matthews Joggers, a new weekly beginners running group for women was set up for women in St. Matthews in Leicester to improve health and wellbeing in the local community.
Go-Getta CIC delivered a 'youth wellbeing project' during the pandemic which included sourcing, production and distribution of 400 wellbeing kits to young people across Leicestershire. The focus of this project was to tackle social isolation and expand the support network of children from diverse backgrounds and circumstances. diverse backgrounds and circumstances benefitted from the resources and support. This included looked after children, homeless young people, those with disabilities, care leavers, those involved in the criminal justice system, those experiencing substance misuse issues, mental health difficulties and living in areas of deprivation.
This Case Study is taken from the Active Together Annual Review 21/22. The document provides a snapshot of the work of the Active Together Board, team and partners and what we have done in partnership to encourage the communities in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland to be physically active and move more. You can read the full version here - https://www.active-together.org/researchandevidence/active-together-annual-review-202122
