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July 2022 The first-ever Active Community programme has been completed after a pioneering approach to wellbeing was introduced to areas of Wycombe and North Aylesbury. This unique programme co-ordinated a host of community partners (schools, nurseries, doctors surgeries, pharmacists, faith settings, community centres, retailers, care homes, youth centres, leisure centres, housing developments and libraries alongside […]

April 2022 After working with over 50 schools, 15 nurseries and children centres, 2 Secondary schools, the council’s office staff, their travel and immunisation teams, working through the Covid pandemic and the creation of its dedicated wellbeing service ‘Health & Wellbeing Slough’,  the council’s partnership with the local council has come to an end after […]

December 2021 Active Movement are delighted to be working alongside University College of London on gaining a better understanding of the power of standing and moving on cognitive ability. It has long been understood that physical wellbeing can be reflected in improved cognitive function, so UCL have created a dedicated computer model to evaluate how […]

September 2021 Active Movement have been given the opportunity to bring the programme to a series of schools and Early Years throughout the borough. Some 8 settings will be introduced to the programme as of now, ending in July 2023.

We are delighted to have been recognised for helping those affected by lockdown to sit less and move more. Our Health at Home programme was a special evolution of the Active Movement concept, and we are pleased that it was able to positively support so many people.

Active Movement are pleased to announce that it is testing its first programme dedicated to emotional wellbeing. Targeted at the younger age groups, the concept is designed to help children articulate to staff their worries and evolve strategies to deal with them together. In addition, a new parent support initiative has been developed to facilitate […]

This is a challenging time for schools, children, parents and teachers as all look to return to some kind of normality after lockdown. Children will be unfit from lack of activity and likely to be overweight through eating too much of the wrong foods too often. The ability to focus and concentrate for long periods […]

We at Active Movement are delighted to announce that Liz Prosser has joined our team as a consultant. As former GLA’s Child Health Policy/Programme Officer and Manager of Healthy Schools and Healthy Early Years London, Liz brings her exceptional experience in physical activity, health and wellbeing to the Active Movement concept. Her immediate role will […]

With schools and Early Years settings returning from lockdown, there are difficult challenges ahead. Children will have been inactive and eating poorly; they will be unused to concentrating for lengthy periods; emotional wellbeing will be an issue not only through weeks of isolation but in returning to a world that being attacked by illness and […]

Active Movement have been working closely with Slough Borough Council in developing a support programme for adults, families, office works and school children to encourage activity when away from school. With lockdown restricting activity, the Active Movement Health at Home programme has provided ideas, information and advice on sitting less, standing more and moving often. […]