Yorkshire Sport Foundation have put together a really helpful newsletter full of ideas to keep you active at home during the lockdown – here’s the newsletter in full:

Home learning resources for PE

We know that you will have lots going through your mind right now – both personally and professionally. We hope that whatever situation you are in today, this email can make things a little easier, and not more overwhelming.

We hope that physical education will be part of your schools remote learning schedule, and we have listed some resources that you can share with colleagues and your pupils, to save you from needing to create your own.

All of us at Yorkshire Sport Foundation wish you well for what will be a challenging half-term.

Yorkshire Sport Foundation and leading national organisations, including the Association for Physical Education and the Youth Sport Trust, worked alongside physical educators from across the country to support parents to teach PE at home.

#ThisIsPE was one of the resources recommended by the Department for Education to support teachers and parents to deliver physical education during the first coronavirus lockdown.

Two-minute videos show parents and teachers free, fun and easy to follow PE activities for the whole family to enjoy together.

Each video will focus on a different aspect of the National Curriculum. Our series of short online videos, delivered by PE teachers, will help to continue your child’s skill development in PE.

You can see the videos listed under each curriculum strand here, or visit the YouTube playlist. The videos have been viewed more than 108,000 times on YouTube alone, with several thousand more views on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We’ve prepared a toolkit that contains text you can copy for newsletters, websites and social media. Download it here.

Other resources for PE at home

Here are some other PE resources that we particularly like. If you see any others you have found useful, let us know.

PE at Home King Edward School Sports Partnership – PE at Home (kessp.com)

PE Umbrella
The team behind the wonderful PE Umbrella Podcast have produced a brilliant booklet for ‘Little Movers’ and their families to take part in engaging and fun PE activities at home.

Youth Sport Trust
A series of fun, ‘compete against yourself’ 60 second challenges that can be completed at home

Free Resources | Youth Sport Trust

Physical activity resources Resources to just get kids moving!

The Daily Mile at Home A series of weekly challenges for families encouraging them to spend 15 minutes or more a day of walking, jogging or running in the fresh air.

The Daily Mile at Home | The Daily Mile UK

The Body Coach
Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, has produced lots of short, fun workout videos especially designed for children. Take part in the five-minute workouts or Active 8 minute challenges!

Kids Workouts To Do At Home – YouTube

Living Streets
Families can access weekly activity resource sheets to encourage walking from home and designed specifically for primary aged children.

Walk to School | Primary schools | Living Streets

Move Crew
A set of activity missions designed to help children unlock their 60 minutes of daily recommended activity.

Move Crew – ukactive Kids

This Girl Can ‘Dance’
The ‘This Girl Can’ campaign is all about celebrating women and girls getting active. They have partnered up with Disney and families across England to produce these fun Dance videos!

Disney Dance-Alongs – This Girl Can

Cosmic Kids
Free online videos that can be followed at home by children and parents alike. Videos include yoga lessons, mindfulness activities & relaxation sessions.

Home – Cosmic Kids

Sported, the community sports organisation have put out their Christmas message:

Covid 19 Grab and Go sheet, ‘Be Health Aware’ sessions and more!

We’re delighted that our own Nathan Mulhall was the recipient of the Christine Cruice Award for Overcoming Adversity at the weekend’s CP Sport Awards – their citation is below. Well done Nathan!

Nathan Mulhall

Nathan felt dismissed by his peers at school and in social sports and fell into bad habits. Finding sport initially though Halifax Wheelchair RL club, helped him turn this around and develop personally. Nathan plays and coaches wheelchair rugby league and is currently on the England World Cup 2021 training squad. He is an assistant coach at Halifax and is one of their two community coaches working in schools inspiring others. After receiving his university degree he is now seeking a teaching post. He also plays wheelchair basketball for his local club.

Speaking afterwards, Nathan said: “Buzzing to announce that I won the Christine Cruice Award for Overcoming Adversity at the CP Sport awards 2020. Just want to say thanks to Andy Atkinson and Malcolm Kielty for the nomination and a massive congratulations to all involved in the awards night tonight, it was great to see people much more inspirational than myself get recognition for all their hard work!”

Chief Medical Officer calls for physical activity to play leading role Find out more

The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has outlined the lead role the physical activity sector will play in supporting the nation’s recovery from COVID-19.
Prof Whitty opened ukactive’s final Nation Summit session for 2020 by saying, “There is no point in life where doing more exercise does not improve health in multiply ways.”

Prof Whitty gave a ringing endorsement about being active, at a session looking at why governments should strive for a more preventative and joined up approach to health – outlining how the physical activity sector can partner with other sectors to support the creation of healthier, more resilient communities.

News in brief Charity aims to keep disabled people active and connected The charity Disability Sports Coach is to work with Sport England on a project aimed at supporting disabled people to keep active and connected during winter. Find out more…Return to play findings Back in August 2020, Club Matters surveyed volunteers and participants in clubs and groups across England to understand people feelings towards returning to activity. Read the results… Fitness and leisure sector to offer free sessions for up to 100,000 people through social prescribing Physical activity is set to play a greater role in helping people look after their health and wellbeing following the announcement of a partnership between ukactive, NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), Sport England and the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Find out more…ECB commits to further action to drive out discrimination and increase diversity across cricket The three new steps announced will form part of a new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Plan to help make cricket a game for everyone. Find out more…Work starts to improve Trans Pennine Trail in South Yorkshire work to improve accessibility, surface and drainage on the Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) near Doncaster and Barnsley. Find out more… Plans revealed to transform travel in Sheffield city centre – Find out more Proposals to overhaul cycling, walking and public transport infrastructure in Sheffield have been revealed as plans for a city centre scheme are shared for public consultation. The proposals, which include the permanent pedestrianisation of Pinstone Street, are designed to make cycling and walking around the city centre easier, and to make bus journeys quicker and more direct. Alongside new bus routes, there will be improvements to the street scene, such as more planting and greenery replicating the much acclaimed ”Grey to Green’ schemes, enhancing the city centre spaces that people can enjoy. New funding for Yorkshire Sport Foundation targets homelessness Read more The London Marathon Charitable Trust (The Trust) has awarded a £600,000 grant to a project that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young homeless people in North England and Scotland through the power of sport. The grant to Active Partnerships’ Young People Forward project was made possible by a generous donation of £600,000 from Virgin Money, the title sponsor of the London Marathon which is owned by London Marathon Events, the trading company for The Trust. At Yorkshire Sport Foundation, we are delighted to be one of the Active Partnerships chosen to distribute this funding to local organisations. Guidance for sport and activity providers Return to Play With sport and activity able to return this week, we know it will have been a busy time for many of you. There is a lot of guidance out there, and often your Governing Body of Sport will be the best and most appropriate place to go. We’ve brought together advice and guidance from a range or sources into one place to try and make things a little easier. Visit our ‘Return to Play’ page, and if there’s anything you’re unsure about, then please feel free to get in touch with us.

Ability Not Disability is a dedicated channel to provide easy to follow, inclusive fitness opportunities for adults and children with SEN/ALN. This project was designed and delivered by Community Fitness Network and Cando Hub. Funded by Sport England and Tackling Inequalities Fund.

 

Here’s the video of the launch of Halifax Panthers, the new name for Halifax Rugby League Club

you can also find out more on their new website.

Back in September 2020, Halifax Wheelchair Rugby League Club eceirved £11,168.44 from the CreatedBy RLWC2021 Capital Grants Legacy Programme.

The grant, which has been awarded to help more people play rugby league at grassroots level in the Calderdale area, will fund the club’s ‘new player’ recruitment drive.

Delivered in partnership between RLWC2021, the sport’s national governing body, the Rugby Football League, Sport England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, the CreatedBy programme is a funding pot of up to £10 million made available by the government to support the legacy of the Rugby League World Cup by growing participation in the sport.

The club will increase its stock of Sports Wheelchairs and playing equipment to enable growth amongst junior and first time participants.

As government guidelines start to allow a return to activity, our volunteer community coaches will be using the new equipment to inspire new participants, by delivering extra training capacity at club training sessions and match play, alongside delivery of activity within local schools to introduce the game to new audiences with the hope they will want to participate in future.

Malcolm Kielty MBE, Treasurer and founder of Halifax Wheelchair RLC, said: “As a club we are so honoured to be one of the recipients of this funding.

“As a relatively new element of the Rugby League ‘family’, Wheelchair Rugby League has already inspired many to play what is a unique integrated sport with several international players emanating from our local area culminating in Jack Brown crowned Golden Boot player of the world.

“We now aim to inspire the next generation of participants within this inclusive format of the game and help develop our player pathway to assist each individual to realise their ambition, notwithstanding enjoying every moment of their participation.”

Jon Dutton, Chief Executive, RLWC2021, said: “The CreatedBy RLWC2021 Capital Grants Programme is focused on ensuring the next generation of rugby league players have the best possible experience and barriers to participate are removed.

“We are delighted to award this grant to Halifax Wheelchair RLC and look forward to seeing the results of this investment that aims to deliver real change in their community.”

Ralph Rimmer, Chief Executive of the Rugby Football League, said: “Hosting the Rugby League World Cup in 2021 offers so many opportunities for everyone involved in the game in this country and beyond, and the facilities that will be delivered by the CreatedBy RLWC2021 Capital Grants Programme will be a big part of that transformation. The RFL are proud to be involved in that process, and we congratulate all the successful applicants – and look forward to the impact of this unprecedented level of investment in the game for years to come.”

Charles Johnston, Property Director, Sport England, said: “We are proud to be working in partnership to deliver the biggest government investment into grassroots rugby league facilities the country has ever seen. With this funding, communities will gain better access to the facilities, improved infrastructure and essential equipment they need to be active. We are pleased the investment will provide benefit to people engaging in the men’s, women’s and wheelchair game, with a focus on those disadvantaged areas where inactivity levels are stubbornly high. By focusing our efforts on increasing participation in the game, we’re ensuring that the Rugby League World Cup’s legacy lasts long after the last ball has been kicked and the crowds have gone home.”

The Rugby League World Cup 2021 will kick off on 23 October 2021, with the men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions taking place simultaneously, under one tournament banner for the first time.

Clubs, organisations and communities that run rugby league activities are encouraged to apply for this legacy funding by visiting www.rlwc2021.com/facilities. For further information visit their official social media channels, on Twitter,

Halifax Wheelchair Rugby League Club says farewell on Zoom to Jack Brown the Club Captain /Coach and his wife Jade the Club Secretary who leave for another life in Australia back in early October 2020.

 

Are you looking for diet and exercise information relating to arthritis? Our partners, Versus Arthritis have some great content on their website.

Exercising with arthritis | Top tips, specific exercises (versusarthritis.org)

We’d also like to thank Versus Arthritis for all the help they have offered to players and their families, and a huge thank you for grant aiding our team!