I remember hot summers in the Lake District, swimming in lakes, tarns and rivers. I loved the water, my family had a Canadian canoe and we spent many happy hours pootling about on Derwent Water and exploring the islands where, my favorite book at the time Swallows and Amazons, was based. I went on to…
Mental Health Awareness Week’s theme this year is nature so lets delve deeper into what this means to each of us and how it can benefit our mental health. Mark Rowland, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “Our role each year for Mental Health Awareness Week is to start a national conversation on the…
April marks the start of Stress Awareness Month 2021. The purpose of the month is to increase public awareness about both the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. According to the Mental health Foundation 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or…
After what felt like the longest year ever in 2020 the first month of 2021 has flown by for me. Maybe that because I had a bit of a purpose, completing 100 miles for Suffolk Mind, not only did I complete it but I exceeded my goal! In the end I completed nearly 140 miles…
Currently 22% of women are achieving 30 minutes of physical activity 5 times per week, compared to 35% during April of this year. This huge 13% drop is compared to a 5% decrease identified amongst men. Women in Sport stated that 32% of women couldn’t prioritise doing exercise during the first lockdown as they had…
Today saw the first day of Lockdown 2.0 in England which is quite daunting for many of us with the winter weather making it a very different experience to the previous lockdown in March. I am lucky that my work is unaffected by covid so I am still able to work full time throughout lockdown.…
Throughout August, Active Suffolk asked the public to nominate people within the local community who deserved recognition for their efforts in supporting, motivating and inspiring local people to be active during the coronavirus pandemic. They were overwhelmed with the response and received a wealth of heart warming stories from those across the county who have…
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