Active Lincolnshire

With the support of funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UK SPF) for South East Lincolnshire, we are able to offer an exciting upskilling opportunity to individuals in East Lindsey and South Holland who are passionate about working in the sport & physical activity sector. Whether you're taking your first steps towards a career in sport and physical activity, a volunteer who wants to increase your knowledge to further support the people you work with, or a seasoned professional wanting to enhance existing coaching expertise, this initiative will support you in developing new skills to excel in your role. Find out more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/e8ifkhMf #WorkforceSkills #Funding #UKSPF South Holland District Council East Lindsey District Council

Help make sports events safe and enjoyable for all young people. We also have in person Active Bystander training in October for clubs and organisations delivering physical activity, and for those who support clubs and providers (e.g. NGB's or venues). Find out more about our bystander training here https://lnkd.in/eFm8dTzj

Last week our panel of 10 independent judges joined us to review the nominations for the 2024 Lincolnshire Sport and Physical Activity Awards. 🏆 Nominations this year were stronger than ever, with inspirational stories, amazing achievements and impressive dedication to helping people to move more, from volunteers, individuals and organisations working across the sport & physical activity sector in Lincolnshire. We'd like to thank our panel of volunteer judges, who bought such experience and enthusiasm to the difficult task of choosing our finalists and winners for each category. 👏 Judges were: ✨Robin Wright was involved in the first ever Sports Awards in Lincolnshire that took place at The Lawns 20 years ago! And has contributed so much to Lincolnshire sport sector over the past few decades. ✨Yoana Banda was an award finalist and is a champion for women in sport, she delivers an amazing service to children and young people through her role at Positive Futures. ✨Henry Wright is a young high performing apprentice, from the south of the county working with Tonic Health. ✨Sue Fortune Understands so much about the communities in Lincolnshire and has been supporting them through the fantastic work of Lincolnshire Community Foundation for many years. ✨Dr. Matthew Broughton works for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS) supporting people with mental health needs, autism and dementia and is passionate about the positive power of physical activity. ✨Tony Knappett Of We Do Tennis CIC is a champion for people with disabilities and inclusion in sport and physical activity. ✨Zara McArdle is an EDI professional and was our returning judge from 2023. ✨sarah-jane mills Director for Primary Care and Community and Social Value, NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board brings expertise from health, voluntary sector and is a Trustee for Active Lincolnshire. ✨Rebecca D'Arcy is Development Manager at Youth Sport Trust and champions positive experiences for Children and Young People. ✨Limi Jones was the 2023 Active Change award winner and invited this year to be a judge. "The quality of this years nominations are outstanding. Everyone is worthy of being a winner, the positive things going on across our county are really inspiring" We will reveal our finalists next month, keep an eye on our social media for an announcement, or for an email in your inbox if you're a finalist! Winners will be announced at the awards evening in November. We'd also like to thank our sponsors for this years awards: England Golf, PING, University of Lincoln, Chestnut Homes Ltd. GLL, Lincolnshire Community Foundation, Lincoln College Skegness Gateway Sponsorship opportunities are still available, visit our website for a sponsorship pack, or get in touch to discuss. https://lnkd.in/e4py4cw2

Sport England released their new Moving Communities report last week, which revealed an increase in participation rates and visitor numbers at leisure centres in 2023/24. The report shows the resilience, adaptability and continued importance of public leisure facilities to local communities. Encouraging to see the notable growth in leisure centre usage by economically disadvantaged groups with visits from users in the most deprived 20% of areas increasing by 9%.

Some of the Active Lincolnshire team joined up with staff from Nicholsons Chartered Accountants and Simons Design this lunchtime for a litter pick around the vicinity of the office. It was a good way to do something positive for the environment, as well as meet colleagues from our building and to get our lunchtime steps in! The litter pick was organised by student Kouki who is doing a work placement with us as part of his course. Kouki, from Tokyo is studying at University of Lincoln and his dissertation is looking at the difference in culture of volunteering in sport and physical activity in our two countries. Thank you to ONE NK and North Kesteven District Council for helping provide the equipment for the litter pick, and offering to collect the full litter bags. Thanks also to Scott Dalton who talked to Kouki and our CEO Emma, about the litter picking project on his BBC Radio Lincolnshire show this morning. You can listen to the interview on catch up https://lnkd.in/eQyqbQSQ at 2:17:00

🌟 Our CEO Emma Tatlow is on LCR this evening with Chris Kirkwood who presents a really great weekly show, speaking with leaders from the community sector across Lincolnshire. Emma will be talking about the work of Active Lincolnshire and working in the county. 📻 And its a week for radio for Active Lincolnshire - as Emma and Kouki Kobayashi will be on BBC Radio Lincolnshire breakfast show tomorrow talking about a litter picking project. Kouki, from Tokyo is studying at the University of Lincoln and his dissertation is looking at the difference in culture of volunteering in sport and physical activity in our two countries. We're litter picking with colleagues tomorrow to get in some steps, look after our local environment and connect with each other. Supported by North Kesteven District Council GLL Shaun Fisher Gina Johnson-Hirt Nicholsons Chartered Accountants Simons Design Hanya Pielichaty

✨ Over the past sixth months the Active Lincolnshire team have been recording their ‘Active Minutes’. ⏰ Collectively from January to June we have recorded an impressive total of 71,331 active minutes. As a team our most active month was May, where on average per person we were completing 511 minutes per week. National guidelines for physical activity recommended at least 150 active minutes a week. 🏀 Throughout the sixth months, the team’s minutes were spent engaging in a variety of activities such as wheelchair basketball, cycling, yoga, dance, badminton and running! 🚲 Our marketing and communications lead Charlotte has started a new yoga class, Business Administrator Rosie has joined a new dance class and a walking group, our CEO Emma has done lots of cycling including the Lincs C2C2C annual 100 mile charity ride and Ian Brown our EDI manager has coached and played many hours of wheelchair basketball! We’ll keep sharing our stories, and see if we increase our activity levels for the next part of the year. #EveryMoveCounts #LetsMoveLincolnshire How do you and your colleagues stay active? ⬇ Ian Brown Dom Fieldhouse-Gray Gemma Skaley Paul Chandler Charlotte Pedley Donna Sutton Richard Bell Lindsay Parker, Rosie Grimes, Laura Spurr Emma Tatlow

Introducing our judges... Nominations have now closed for the 20th anniversary edition of the Lincolnshire Sport & Physical Activity Awards. We have once again been impressed by the response and the number of truly inspiring nominations received. We are now faced with the difficult task of whittling down all the entries to just three finalists for each category. Fortunately we have a fantastic panel of judges to support us in this process. The independent panel will be working their way through the shortlist later this month to select the finalists and winner for each category. We will reveal our finalists shortly after, with winners announced at the awards evening in November. We are pleased to announce our judges this year are: ✨ Limi Jones - 2023 Winner of the Active Change Award (you can read Limi's inspiring story on the Let's Move Lincolnshire website- https://lnkd.in/e4UF8cCR ) ✨ Dr Matthew Broughton - Associate Director of Planning & Partnerships Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS) ✨ Rebecca D'Arcy - Development Manager Youth Sport Trust ✨ Robin Wright - Founder Member of Lincolnshire Sports Partnership & past Director of Sport Lincoln University ✨ Yoana Banda - Community Sports Worker, Positive Futures, Lincolnshire County Council ✨ Henry Wright - Business Manager, Tonic Health Spalding, Greater Lincolnshire Health Apprentice Champion 2024 winner; Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce South Holland Business Awards Young Achiever of the Year 2023. ✨ Sarah-Jane Mills - Director for Primary Care and Community and Social Value, NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care board ✨ Sue Fortune - CEO at Lincolnshire Community Foundation Lincolnshire Community Foundation ✨ Tony Knappett - Head of Diversity and Inclusion, We Do Tennis CIC coach and wheelchair tennis player. ✨ Zara McArdle - Returning judge from 2023, Head of Criminal Justice, Prosecutions and Custody at Lincolnshire Police & former Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We are grateful to all of our judges for giving up their time to support the awards.👏 Find out more about the Lincolnshire Sport & Physical Activity Awards 2024 on our website. https://lnkd.in/dWp7CYqX #LSPAA #Awards #PhysicalActivity

Today is #CycletoWork day, our CEO Emma Tatlow has cycled into the office. Has anyone else taken part today?

Last chance to nominate! Nominations for this year’s Lincolnshire Sport & Physical Activity Awards nominations close today at midnight! Don't miss the opportunity to recognise and celebrate those exceptional organisations and individuals across Lincolnshire dedicated to getting the community moving. Whether you’ve nearly finished your nomination, or haven’t started, there is still time to get yours submitted before entries close. Review the full list of categories and criteria, and get your nominations in today: https://buff.ly/3WwTRzm