Our first #NationalWalkingMonth blog post is ready to read. 🚶‍♀️

Learn all about how walking helped Active Herefordshire and Worcestershire's Strategic Lead for Active and Healthy Ageing, Huw Griffiths.

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Next week is #LearningAtWorkWeek - this is your perfect opportunity to learn that skill you've been wanting to, or to refresh a qualification you have been needing to!👀

➡ Find your ideal course or workshop now: bit.ly/4bZcX6i

Walking is a fantastic way of introducing physical activity to your lifestyle. 🚶‍♀️

A brisk 10-minute daily walk has lots of health benefits, and counts towards your 150 minutes of weekly exercise (NHS). ❤

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This May, walk your way!

Walking or wheeling does not need to be in the countryside. Cities, towns, villages and suburbs are also perfect.

Make sure you are not overdoing and increase your distance gradually.

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Alongside our #NationalWalkingMonth partners, we will all be sharing content throughout the month on social media.

Here is what you can expect from us 👀

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Finally, we recognise Much Birch Primary School for their commitment to physical activity & enhancing health of their pupils!🏆

Highly commended goes to Steiner Academy Hereford and to Burghill Community Academy👏

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Next we recognise Lickey End First School for their work in upskilling their staff!🏆

The highly commended in this category goes to BroadheathCE Primary 👏

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🏆 We're proud to announce St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School as the winner for the whole school improvement award!🏆

The highly commended in this category goes to Madley Primary Schoo & Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary 👏

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📣 It’s time to announce the winners of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Primary PE and Sport Premium Awards!📣

We've been overwhelmed with the quality of applications for this year's PPSP awards & are proud to recognise the amazing work our schools locally are doing👏

National Walking Month focuses on the benefits that walking can have on health and wellbeing.

Take the first steps into a physically active lifestyle this May.
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Our Sport Welfare Lead, Emily Griffiths, spoke as a guest at the first National Angling Coaching Conference earlier this month, to introduce the new Sport Welfare Network.🎣

If you would like further information on the network, visit: bit.ly/3xXqlZd

We are excited to launch the report from our Public Consultation 👇

‘Bridging the Gap’ highlights what is most needed to support people living with long-term health conditions to get active and suggests how We Are Undefeatable can play a part.

Physical activity can be very effective in relieving stress.

Even a short burst of 10 minutes of brisk walking increases our mental alertness, energy and positive mood. Find out more with Mental Health Foundation ⬇️

#StressAwarenessMonth
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The Sport England Active Lives Survey Data for November 2022 to November 2023 has been released.👏

These slides show the latest figures for Herefordshire and Worcestershire.👀

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📅Starting Sunday 5th May
📍Brinton Park, Kidderminster
🕤9:30am-10:30am
No need to book! Just bring a mat or towel with you.
Open to all ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Very excited to be supporting the first ever Park Yoga🧘‍♂️ ht

Fancy exercise, fun, new friends and a new sport? Lots of opportunities to get into tennis in H&W. Find a club near you shorturl.at/opvG1 Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Healthy Communities

📅Starting Sunday 5th May
📍Brinton Park, Kidderminster
🕤9:30am-10:30am
No need to book! Just bring a mat or towel with you.
Open to all ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Very excited to be supporting the first ever Park Yoga🧘‍♂️