Active Dorset

🚴🏼‍♂️Making cycling more accessible starts by removing the barriers that stop people getting on a bike.

Sofa to Saddle has been developed to help people build confidence, improve their wellbeing and discover the benefits of cycling through simple, achievable guidance that fits around everyday life.

Their ambition is to change behaviours and attitudes towards cycling, with the goal of getting 1 million more people on bikes by 2028.

Show your support by downloading the toolkit and share across your channels: https://lnkd.in/eM3yC5jw

British Cycling | Lloyds Bank

We all want our children to enjoy physical activity and movement.

Parents play a huge role in helping children and young people understand that moving more is about having fun, making friends and feeling like they belong.

This digital resource is a guide to safeguarding in sport and physical activity, bringing together helpful advice and simple tools to support parents and carers.

It will help to support parents to understand what safe, positive and inclusive experiences look like, and how they can help to create them.

Help us to spread the word of this resource by sharing with your networks.

🔗 https://heyzine.com/flip-book/a9615ec482.html

📢Calling all early years providers in Boscombe, Kinson, West Howe, Portland and Weymouth.

Following the first successful project, registrations have now opened for a new Healthy Movers cohort starting in Autumn 2026!

Healthy Movers helps and supports early years practitioners and families in recognising the progress children can make with their physical literacy, which supports their confidence, motivation and resilience.

The training focuses on how to develop the child through engaging, fun and purposeful physical activities that every child can participate in, and enjoy at their own level.

Find out more by visiting https://www.activedorset.org/healthy-movers

📝Register your interest here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/jSGcKCTpcP

BCP Council | Dorset Council | Youth Sport Trust

We’re playing our part.

On 8 August 2026, we are supporting Safe Sport Day — a global moment to stand up, speak out and play our part in making sport safer for everyone.

We believe sport should be safe, inclusive, respectful and free from harm.

Download the Safe Sport Day assets, take the pledge and speak out for safer sport. Search safe sport day to get involved.

Stand up. Speak out. Play your part.

Funding Friday! 🙌🏼

sported and Maitaki have come together to offer Level 3 and 4 qualifications in Fundraising, AI Skills or Business Management.

World-class skills development, fully funded, for the people who keep grassroots sport alive. Maikai and Sported have unlocked Growth and Skills Levy funding from their corporate partners, so you can train without spending a penny.

➡️ Search Sported Skills Academy online for more information.

Funding Friday! 🙌🏼

Through the Barclays Community Sport Fund, Barclays UK and sported want to grow participation at every level and have grants dedicated to getting more women qualified across the UK to coach women and girls’ football, tennis and cricket at a grassroots level.

✅Currently accepting applications, closing November 4th 2026

✅Up to £200 to cover Level 1 equivalent qualifications for football, tennis or cricket, plus safeguarding and first aid training

Search Barclays Community Sport Fund online, or visit the link in our bio!

Did you know that waste from sports clothing is one of the top 5 environmental impacts from the sport and physical activity sector?

From the manufacturing of synthetic clothing, to the washing and disposal, tiny particles called microplastics are released which can find their way into the soil, rivers and seas where they can end up in our food as they are too small to be filtered.

But what can we do?

Reduce - Making sustainable decisions when buying club kit and encouraging your members to maximise the life of existing kit to reduce the amount they need to buy.

Reuse - Diverting any unwanted clothing or equipment from landfill by donating to be reused by others.

Recycle- Recovering the materials from worn out kit to make new items.

Find out how you can reduce your kit waste by downloading our new Kit Waste document:

https://www.activedorset.org/uploads/reducing-kit-waste-17.pdf?v=1782228798

Last week we bought together 50 leaders from across the system to explore how we can work together to make movement an easy and everyday choice for our Dorset communities.

Two young people from Island Community Action - ICA shared their experiences of being active in Weymouth and Portland. Using podcasts, videos and photos they created through the Youth Engagement Programme delivered by Stormbreak, they were be given a platform to tell their own story.

The UK Chief Medical Officers have refreshed their Physical Activity Guidelines, showing evidence continues to build that regular movement – no matter how small – can have significant benefits for people's physical and mental health.

🚶🏼‍♂️There is a renewed emphasis on the health benefits of light-intensity activity, reducing prolonged periods of sitting, and including strength and balance exercises as part of everyday life.

🚴🏼‍♀️Building activity into everyday routines can help improve health and wellbeing.

🕺🏼The refreshed guidance also recognises that physical activity does not need to take place in long or structured sessions to have a positive impact. Walking to the shops, wheeling, taking the stairs, dancing, gardening, active play and household tasks can all contribute towards improving health when carried out regularly.

View the updated guidelines here. 🔽

We are proud to share the Dorset School Games SEN Dance Festival – Beyond the Book film 📽️

Funded by the Dorset School Games and Active Dorset, Christina Binney Dance had the privilege of delivering dance workshops across Dorset to make movement accessible, enjoyable and inspiring to all.

The festival involved 11 schools and more than 400 children and young people, and every child who was able to be filmed is featured in this full-length festival film.

Inspired by the beloved story Where the Wild Things Are, this film celebrates the creativity, confidence, imagination and achievements of the incredible children and young people who took part in this year's festival.

A huge thank you to every child, teacher, teaching assistant and supporter who made it possible, including, Education Centre , Springwood Campus, Linwood School, Woodford Campus, Littlewood Campus, Langside School (Diverse Abilities), The Forum School (Cambian Group ), Winchelsea School, School, The White House School, Beaucroft Foundation School.

Dorset SEN Dance Festival 2026: Beyond The Book This is the official film of the Dorset SEN Dance Festival 2026: Be...