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Active Threads: Creating Inclusive Communities

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Active Calderdale envisions a community where everyone has the capability, motivation, and opportunity to lead an active lifestyle. Our mission is to work collaboratively with communities, making physical activity an integral part of daily life. To achieve this, we engage and support partners, embedding the promotion of physical activity into their initiatives.
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  1. Creating active community assets
  2. St augustine's

Diamond Award for New Road Primary

Thursday 18th January 2024

New Road Primary School in Sowerby Bridge has set an unprecedented standard for health and wellbeing, achieving the highest recognition in every category of the Calderdale Healthy Schools award program. Recognised for its exceptional efforts in mental and emotional wellbeing, physical activity, and food and nutrition, the school has become the first in Calderdale to secure Gold level awards in all three criteria.

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  1. Creating active educational settings

Active Calderdale Hits the Airwaves

Tuesday 16th January 2024

Active Calderdale recently had a prime slot on the airwaves, with Community Project Managers Anthony Whittaker and Emma Carter providing listeners of local station Phoenix FM with a wonderful overview of the programme's aims and benefits.

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  1. Community led approach

CalmX with Tai Chi Tigers

Friday 12th January 2024

Stress and anxiety affect increasing numbers of people in our communities across Calderdale, and the consequential pressures on people's mental and physical health have been mounting up.

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  1. Creating accessible, inclusive sport, pa and leisure provision

Cindy's Silver Stompers

Monday 18th December 2023

Active Calderdale recently spoke with Cindy from Cindy's Stompers & Silver Stompers, to learn more about the dance sessions Cindy runs on a weekly basis. Cindy was more than happy to share her aims and motivations and highlight below what prospective Stompers can expect from her classes.
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  1. Creating accessible, inclusive sport, pa and leisure provision

Funding Sports Equipment - Dads R Us

Wednesday 13th December 2023

Dads R Us is a group run by volunteers in North Halifax, and it is there to support men who have a connection to a child within the area. The group has mainly been funded through Sure Start North Halifax; however, in 2010 the group made significant progress by moving away from Sure Start and starting to become a single charitable group run without the aid of others around it.

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  1. Creating accessible, inclusive sport, pa and leisure provision