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World Health Organisation (24 August 2010) WHO call for case studies on Physical Activity promotion in socially disadvantaged groups

Effective initiatives and interventions - what made the critical difference in reaching specific target groups affected by some type of social disadvantage?

The World Health Organization (co-funded by the European Commission) is... [more]
Posted: Friday, 3 September 2010

IFI (20 August 2010) EFDS to manage Inclusive Fitness Initiative in-house

Today the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) announces that the management of the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) will move from consultants MLS to within the EFDS structure. In preparation for the forthcoming incorporation of the IFI... [more]
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010

World Health Organisation, Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health

WHO developed the Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health with the overall aim of providing national and regional level policy makers with guidance on the dose-response relationship between the frequency, duration, intensity, type and... [more]
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Big Lottery Fund West Midlands (24 August 2010) Awards for All grants - August

Grants totalling £381,675 are awarded to 49 groups across the region from the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All small grants programme. Awards to PA and health projects include: Pedmore CE Primary School, Dudley awarded £9,745: This is a... [more]
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Department for Culture, media and Sport (28 June 2010) Olympic-style Sports Competition for Young People launched as part of 2012 Legacy

A new Olympic and Paralympic-style sports competition for young people across England was announced today. The competition is a key part of the Government’s plans to generate a lasting sporting legacy from hosting the London 2012 Games and to make... [more]
Posted: Friday, 2 July 2010

Dance Champions (29 June 2010) Directory launched on the 1 July

Dance Champion Camilla Dallerup is launching the UK’s first free dance directory in a bid to improve the nation’s health, on July 1st, 2010. And she’s offering a free dance master class to the winners of a competition featured on the website... [more]
Posted: Friday, 2 July 2010

Active people 3 x 30 and 0 x 30 data

You can now access some slides of charts for the Active people 3 x 30 and 0 x 30 data for the region along with the excel spreadsheets of the original data for the charts. go to: http://www.pan-wm.org.uk/panlinks.aspx?id=PAN_PROGRESS_MONITORING
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010