Bristol Walk Fest 2021 - One of the UK's largest urban celebrations of walking - starts 1st May The month-long Bristol Walk Fest returns this May with a ‘one stop shop’ website of walking in Bristol featuring an impressive variety of walking routes, groups, information and competitions. This year, Bristol Walk Fest has adapted its programme of walks to make more available online and [...]
New Lending Library Equipment! Gympanzees are excited to announce the following fabulous new pieces of kit have landed at our FREE Lending Library this year already. All of our specialist equipment can be borrowed by families in Bristol and the surrounding areas, free of charge, for two weeks. To find out how to book, go [...]
Bristol City Council Sustainable Transport team are partnering with Age UK Bristol to launch a FREE walking app at the end of April. It will be a Bristol section on Go Jauntly. To showcase the features and demonstrate how to create walks we have organised a webinar on 23rd February 11.00-12.00. Please click on the [...]
Gympanzees provide access to exercise, a wider sensory experience and play whilst reducing isolation with the aim of improving health and well-being for children and their families. We would usually do this through our Pop-Up events but were unable to do this in 2020 due to COVID-19. Instead, following feedback from our families on the [...]
Sport England Resources available to help people stay physically active As England begins a new period of national restrictions, the days and weeks ahead will be challenging for everyone involved in grassroots sport, as well as in all the activities impacted by the new restrictions. Sport England have updated our website to reflect the new [...]
Everyone Active Is offering downloadable activities during lockdown, please see below for details: Say No to Lockdown-Loafing! Get FREE access to over 2500 workouts via Everyone on Demand* Spice up your at-home workouts with the ultimate variety in on-demand-fitness. Sign up today and get FREE access throughout November Access to 4 leading health and fitness [...]
Physically active children report improvements in their schoolwork, behaviour and mental health, according to new research from Sheffield Hallam University. The study, conducted on more than 60,000 students and 4,000 teachers, was part of Sport England’s Secondary Teacher Training (STT) programme and surveyed their attitudes to work, physical and mental health. This research shows that helping children [...]
A new online platform featuring inspiring videos and resources for schools has been launched by the Department of Education to mark National Fitness Day, helping pupils stay active and healthy during the school day. Schools are able to access videos on YouTube which will provide creative and entertaining content that helps staff to safely offer [...]
This Girl Can has launched an updated campaign celebrating the inventive ways women have stayed active during the pandemic. Not everyone has felt able to do so since the coronavirus crisis hit though, with the pandemic creating further physical, financial and time barriers to getting active, leading to increased anxieties in some. This Girl Can is [...]
Sport England has commissioned the Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University to calculate the social impact and the economic importance of sport and physical activity in England. Every £1 spent on community sport and physical activity generates nearly £4 for the English economy and society. The findings, which are revealed in a new report [...]