Tags: News
Buddyathon: October Buddy Boost!
Posted: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:29
Mayathon, a free app designed to help people buddy-up virtually with friends to feel healthier, happier and more connected, is now launching an October Challenge.
Whether you are part of a club/workplace or as an individual we are encouraging everyone in the county to download the free app and give it...
Update regarding new guidelines for participating in sport and physical activity
Posted: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:50
The government have published new guidelines for participating in sport and physical activity following the rule changes for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic announced yesterday. The full guidance is provided below but we have summarised our understanding of the key messages above this narrative.
Let’s deliver an inclusive return to play!
Posted: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:03
As more opportunities to be active resume, new guidance will help providers to enable welcoming, and more accessible environments. Activity Alliance has published Reopening Activity: An inclusive response, in consultation with partners across sport, leisure and disability equality. The national charity...
Increased measures in Luton to prevent the spread of COVID-19- Recreational Cricket
Posted: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:11
Update regarding increased measures in Luton
On Friday 24th July Cricket East released a statement on the news that the Borough of Luton was returning to Step 3 of the ECB's Roadmap for Recreational Cricket. This decision was made following increased measures introduced by Luton Borough Council to reduce...
Luton Local Lockdown- Sport and Physical Activity News
Posted: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:44
Luton Local Lockdown from 24 July 2020 will impact on indoor and outdoor sport and physical activity
Following an increase in coronavirus cases in Luton, senior leaders and public health figures from the council have met with central government officials and agreed that gyms, pools, and other leisure...
Bedfordshire children to receive Activity Packs to tackle inactivity levels
Posted: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:39
- The aim of the Activity Packs is to try and minimize the impact Covid-19 is having on physical activity engagement of children from excluded/hard to reach groups in Bedfordshire.
- In total 1,185 packs have been funded by team BEDS&LUTON and their key partners across Luton, Bedford and Central Bedfordshire...
Financial rewards for young people in Luton
Posted: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:49
Financial awards are being given by the Rotary Youth Trust for Luton to individual young people. In these difficult and challenging times support for the young people of the Borough of Luton is even more important. Awards are given for career advancement or to progress aspirations within Culture, Vocational,...
The Steel Charitable Trust is inviting applications in the category of Health for its Luton Matters award.
Posted: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:42
The Steel Charitable Trust is inviting applications in the category of Health for its Luton Matters award.
The Luton Matters award was introduced last year, as a series of 3-year grants focussed exclusively on Luton worth up to £90,000 in total for each of the Trust's funding categories. The Luton...
New online training platform to help coaches emerge from lockdown.
Posted: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:32
ReActivate is a new, free, online training platform, designed to equip anyone working or volunteering in the sport, fitness, leisure and physical activity sector in England with the knowledge and skills they need to confidently return to work or restart their coaching activity, as we emerge from the...
Help the NSPCC #Close the Loophole
Posted: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:34
Help the NSPCC #CloseTheLoophole in the law so it's illegal for all adults to engage in sexual activity with any young person under 18 in their care.
It's illegal for teachers, care workers and youth justice workers to have sex with 16 or 17-year-olds in their care. But there's a loophole in the law that...