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The Active Best Practice Network

The Active Best Practice Network

Written by: Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire
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 Welcome to the Active Best Practice Network - a podcast series sharing expertise and advice about providing health and wellbeing services, brought to you by Active Herefordshire and Worcestershire.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Hygiene & Healthy Living Self-Help Success
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  • Empowering Girls Through Physical Activity

    Empowering Girls Through Physical Activity
    Mar 3 2025

    In this podcast we hear from Beky Williams, Managing Director of Stride Active, Dan Thomas, Head of PE and Business at Kingstone High School and Lucy Finch, Teacher of PE at Kingstone High School.

    The group discusses projects which have been involved in, that have proved instrumental in gaining feedback from girls within the Herefordshire region, taking action to create space for open conversations to hear from girls on how to reduce barriers to physical activity.

    The activities and collaborative events are underpinned by key design principles; aimed at empowering girls to gain knowledge and confidence to increase girls' participation in sport and physical activity within Herefordshire.

    The ‘Here Girls Can’ project is the locally adapted offer of the national This Girl Can campaign, commissioned through Sport England and funded by the National Lottery. In 2025, This Girl Can celebrated its 10 year-anniversary.

    Insight and data: If you are interested in this work, some impact reports for consideration: PE & School Sport: The Annual Report 2024 - Youth Sport Trust which highlights some national challenges in youths accessing physical activity.

    Earlier this year, Stride Active released the 'Here Girls Can 2024 Impact Report'. The report quotes 85% of girls recording an increase in confidence after attending an event. You can access the full report via the links below.

    Kingstone High School received the Youth Sport Trust ‘Girls Active Report’ for 2024, exploring girls' motivations, barriers and overall engagement in physical activity. The responses given for key barriers to engaging in sport, physical activity and PE at school were on average more positive for girls at Kingstone High School compared to the national average. In the report, 79% of girls at Kingstone High School enjoyed taking part in physical activity.

    This was reflected in many areas, relating to some of the issues and actions referenced in this podcast.

    Links related to this episode: Home | Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire Kingstone Academy Trust - Achieving Success Together

    Here Girls Can - Stride Active

    This Girl Can | Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire This Girl Can | This Girl Can | This girl can

    Youth Sport Trust - Youth Sport Trust

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    37 mins
  • Stronger Together: Forming Trusted ICS & VCSE Partnerships

    Stronger Together: Forming Trusted ICS & VCSE Partnerships
    Feb 3 2025
    In this episode, Christine Price, Chief Officer of Healthwatch Herefordshire and Esther Passingham, VCSE Strategic Lead for Worcestershire VCSE Alliance discuss the Voluntary, Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) network collaborating with the Integrated Care System (ICS). The discussion highlights the aims of partnership work for the ICS to work in conjunction with the VCSE sector; sharing community voice with healthcare commissioning services to ensure health and care decision-makers hear the views of communities which experience the greatest health inequalities. This episode highlights experiences across the two counties, challenges, best practice projects and development opportunities for the VCSE alliance members. Links related to this episode: Home - Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire Funding - Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire Local Insight Data - Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire Worcestershire VCSE Alliance Herefordshire Community Partnership REACH (Worcestershire) Community Research Project CLEAR (Herefordshire) Community Research Project Integrated Care Systems Explained | The King's Fund
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    30 mins
  • Funding Journeys: From Searching to Sustaining

    Funding Journeys: From Searching to Sustaining
    Jan 6 2025
    In this episode we learn from Hannah Brooman, Founder and CEO of InUnity and Hannah Escott CEO of Burlish Bike Park and Open Trail. Through their experiences, our guests share funding and grant bid writing journeys; from initially starting small to securing ongoing project funding as their organisations evolved, and new opportunities emerged. This episode offers several valuable tips, from being your own biggest cheerleader when pitching your project in the funding bid, to adjusting as projects progress. Listen for more tips and shared best practice! Links related to this episode: We are providing some information relating to some of the external projects and support mentioned in this episode: Funding - Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire InUnity Open Trail - Cycle Coaching & Forest School Get Grants | Introductory Workshops
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    29 mins
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