A glimpse of Sports Day on Tour 2020 - Sports & Health Project
The exercises makes me feel good… They give me inspiration and they give me confidence to face the world again.
- Bernard
The Sports and Health Project is a Sports England funded project aimed at improving the inactivity levels of those supported by our services, with a specific focus on over 55s. The Programme helps remove barriers many of our clients face when it comes to physical activity by bringing free, all inclusive sessions onsite. The project ranges from delivering football and yoga to boxing and chair aerobics. We hope that by implementing physical activity into the daily lives of our participants they see an improvement in their physical and mental health, alongside their socialisation and confidence levels.
You just feel better about yourself, you know, getting involved, that's how I see it helps with the mental health, because otherwise you're just sitting around and thinking about things, but with them, you've got something to fix your mind on and it just helps you know.
- Darren
Sports Day has been a great way to bring everyone involved together and celebrate the achievements over the previous year. This year we felt it was more important than ever to hold a Sports Day, to keep a little bit of normality in an uncertain time.
Sports Day on Tour took place last month and engaged both residents and staff from 17 SHP hostels, seeing them take part in 10 indoor and outdoor activities. Covid-19 meant we couldn't have one big day together, so we took Sports Day to the people!
When you're doing the activities, even afterwards you leave with the buzz and then I know I’m going to be fine. Tomorrow is just another day, but today it's just fun and it certainly puts me in a great mood. Even if the sun isn't shining, it's still lovely to get together with everyone again and the guys as well.
- Dawn
This year we brought on filmmaker Poppie Skold to document the two week event. The film gives you an intimate glimpse into the positive and essential work we do with clients and shares our client’s views and experiences of the event and our Programme.
We’re delighted to share with you the film from our Sports Day on Tour. Enjoy!
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