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Active Communities (Scotland) Ltd Room 11, 41 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1LU T: 0141 258 9923 E: [email protected] W: www.activecommunities.co.uk fb: https://www.facebook.com/ACommunities Company number: SC370513 Charity number: SC041275 Active Communities Quarterly Newsletter October 2014 If you have received a paper copy of this newsletter but would prefer to receive it by email please contact Anne by email: [email protected] or call her at the office. Merchandise We have Jogging Buddies, Buggy Buddies & Bike Buddies sports clothes and water bottles for sale. See our website or ask your jog leader Contents P2 look forward & featuring... P3 Hearty Lives Renfrewshire Update, dates for your diary P4 what we do Our Campaign! Our 6 week ‘Feel Good About You’ course started on Monday 27th October 2014 in Linwood, and is for anyone who wants to look at ways to make small changes in their life that could improve their health and fitness, have fun trying out some gentle exercises and activities and learn more about how to feel good about ourselves! Feel Good About You! If you would like to join this course or would like more information contact Helen by email: [email protected] or call her at the office. Helen Moir, Active Communities is excited about this new project, “this is an opportunity for the people of Linwood to be part of our Feel Good Renfrewshire Campaign. This Course combines fun activities while looking at educating ourselves about what our bodies need for health.” Active Communities started a campaign this year - Feel Good Renfrewshire - looking at ways to use activity and learning to find out what makes you feel good. It’s been great fun and many of you have joined in our various activities - so you’ve been; walking jogging cycling baton relaying wellie tossing ballroom dancing And tug’o’warring Your way through 2014! talking listening participating laughing AND there’s more to come! “It’s been fantastic to see how much fun people have had while been active, and our campaign is going to continue into the new year ahead!” Susan McDonald, Active Communities General Manager.
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Active Communities (Scotland) Ltd Room 11, 41 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1LU
T: 0141 258 9923 E: [email protected] W: www.activecommunities.co.uk fb: https://www.facebook.com/ACommunities
Company number: SC370513 Charity number: SC041275
Active Communities Quarterly Newsletter
October 2014
If you have received a paper copy of this newsletter but would prefer to receive it by email please contact Anne by email: [email protected] or call her at the office.
Merchandise We have Jogging Buddies, Buggy
Buddies & Bike Buddies sports clothes and water bottles for sale. See our website or ask your jog
leader
Contents P2 look forward & featuring... P3 Hearty Lives Renfrewshire Update, dates for your diary P4 what we do
Our Campaign!
Our 6 week ‘Feel Good About You’ course started on Monday 27th October 2014 in Linwood, and is for anyone who wants to look at ways to make small changes in their life that could improve their health and fitness, have fun trying out some gentle exercises and activities and learn more about how to feel good about ourselves!
Feel Good About You!
If you would like to join this course or would like more information contact Helen by email:
[email protected] or call her at the office.
Helen Moir, Active Communities is excited about this new project,
“this is an opportunity for the people of Linwood to be part of our Feel Good Renfrewshire Campaign. This Course combines fun activities while looking at educating ourselves about what our bodies need for health.”
Active Communities started a campaign this year - Feel Good Renfrewshire - looking at ways to use activity and learning to find out what makes you feel good.
It’s been great fun and many of you have joined in our various activities - so you’ve been;
walking jogging cycling
baton relaying wellie tossing ballroom dancing
And tug’o’warring Your way through 2014!
talking
listening
participating laughing
AND there’s more to come!
“It’s been fantastic to see how much fun people have had while been active, and our campaign is going to continue into the new year ahead!”
Susan McDonald, Active Communities General Manager.
Active Communities (Scotland) Ltd Room 11, 41 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1LU
T: 0141 258 9923 E: [email protected] W: www.activecommunities.co.uk fb: https://www.facebook.com/ACommunities
Company number: SC370513 Charity number: SC041275 2
Jingle Bell Fun
Run
looking forward
This new walk / jog / run programme starting on Saturday, 1st November 2014, is designed to improve fitness, increase self confidence and look at fun ways to improve health and wellbeing and is for girls aged 11 - 14 years old.
Venue: ON-X Linwood, Brediland Road, Linwood, PA3 3RA Cost: £2.50 per week
So pop your trainers on, wrap up and you’re ready to go!
If you would like more information please get in touch with Emma by email: [email protected], message her on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ACommunities or phone her at the office
Girls on the Run
featuring... Fiona Winton Administration / Finance Officer
The next meeting of the Community Health and Wellbeing Network is at 09.00am – 11.00am on Thursday 6th November 2014. This Network is open to all third sector organisations in Renfrewshire who are involved in promoting health and well being.
As well as our usual fun networking , we would like to take the opportunity to look at the new Integrated Care Fund . Additional resources of £100m in Scotland (£3.39m in Renfrewshire) are accessible to local partnerships to support investment in integrated services for all adults. Funding will support partnerships to focus on prevention, early intervention and care and support for people with complex and multiple conditions. Venue: West End Community Centre, 5a Underwood Road, Paisley, PA1 2SL If you would like to attend please contact Anne by email: [email protected] or phone her at the office
Community Health &
Wellbeing Network
What do you do on a day to day basis? I work in the office part time and I provide admin support and keep all of the financial records up to date. It’s a very busy job.
What do you enjoy most about your job? I enjoy that every day is different and I enjoy being part of such an enthusiastic team. Team meetings are always good where I get to hear all about what every-one has been doing over the last few weeks.
Why do you think it’s important to keep active? It’s good for you both physically and mentally. I always feel brilliant after an exercise class. I have made a lot of new friends at my classes and I recently ran with some of them in the Pretty Muddy Race For Life, we raised around £1,000 for cancer research and had a great time doing it.
What are your hobbies and interests when you are not at work? I have recently started hillwalking and have conquered Ptarmigan Ridge of Ben Lomond, and Ben Vorlich. I am hoping to climb Ben Chabhair next. I also love Zumba. It’s very important to find time to do things you enjoy.
What book is on your bedside at the moment? Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. It’s the only book I have read more than once, it’s funny, sad and romantic.
If you could have one wish what would it be? For all of my friends, family and people around me to always be happy and have good health.
Our annual Jingle Bell Fun Run 1K and 3K will be taking place again this year - it’s on Sunday 7th December 2014, download an application form from our website: www.activecommunities.co.uk and pay by cheque or register on the day 10.15am. 3K is for anyone aged 8 and over, 1K is open to all. 3K: 11.00am 1K: 12.00pm Venue: Barshaw Park, Glasgow Road, Paisley, PA1 3TJ Cost: £5.00 for 3k & £3.00 for 1k (£13 for family of up to 2 adults & 2 children)
Race Hotline: 0141 258 9923 Dress up welcomed and encouraged - move your feet to the jingling beat!
Pictured: Fiona (on the left) with her sister, Allison Clark, at the Pretty Muddy Race
Active Communities (Scotland) Ltd Room 11, 41 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1LU
T: 0141 258 9923 E: [email protected] W: www.activecommunities.co.uk fb: https://www.facebook.com/ACommunities
Company number: SC370513 Charity number: SC041275 3
Dates for your
diary
Girls on the Run From 1st November 2014, 11.00am - 12.00pm
http://www.activecommunities.co.uk/content/events/43-girls-on-the-run/
Community Health & Wellbeing Network - meeting 6th November 2014, 9.00am - 11.00am
Jingle Bell Fun Run 1K and 3K 7th December 2014 - from 10.15am
Inspirational Quote
Dream big and dare to fail Norman Vaughan
Hearty Lives Renfrewshire update
Our new Parkour Club in Linwood launched at the beginning of September!
Linwood Parkour came about due to a demand from local young people. A young person from St Benedict's High school designed the fabulous logo for the club!
We hope to raise enough money to make it sustainable beyond that time! Hearty Lives Renfrewshire youth workers provide a health input at the club to make young people more aware of the importance of their heart health! Glasgow Parkour Coaching provide the Parkour coach every week.
There are still a few spaces
available at both sessions on
Tuesdays:
6.00pm-7.00pm
7.00pm-8.00pm
Peer Education project
We are currently training our second round of peer educators. Young people
undertake a 6 week training course on heart health where we look at specific factors that affect our heart health such as sugar in drinks, healthy eating, physical activity and smoking. At the end of the training course young people take forward a project that will promote heart health to their peers in their school or in their community.
Young people aged 14-18 who live or attend school in Linwood are invited to apply to be a peer educator. Contact Cheryl by email: [email protected] or message her on facebook: www.facebook.com/heartylivesrenfrewshire
Hearty Lives Club
For pupils within St Benedict's we now have a Hearty Lives Club running on a
Thursday lunchtime for S1 and S2 pupils. This is organised and led by our S4 Hearty Lives
young leaders who plan fun games and activities based around heart health. Pupils were tasting some
different fruits last week!
Young people must live or
attend school in Linwood.
To book email:
or text 07434 828531 or
message the facebook page
www.facebook.com/
heartylivesrenfrewshire
The Hearty Lives project which sits within Active Communities was successful in securing funding from Renfrewshire Council’s Local Area Committee to start this club up and fund it for a year.
Active Communities (Scotland) Ltd Room 11, 41 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1LU
T: 0141 258 9923 E: [email protected] W: www.activecommunities.co.uk fb: https://www.facebook.com/ACommunities
Company number: SC370513 Charity number: SC041275 4
what we do
designed by Active Communities
Jogging and Walking
Now that our lovely long summer has come to an end we thought it might be a good time to think about safety tips for running and walking in the evening.
Having company - exercising with a friend or in a group - can give you confidence and keep each other motivated.
See and be seen - wearing hi vis vests, armbands, jackets, etc helps others to see you, especially drivers. Head or hand held torches can be useful to help you be seen and to see any potential hazards. Keep to well lit areas.
Safety awareness - let someone know when you’ll be out, what your expected route will be and let them know when you get home.
Think about your route and keep to busier routes rather than isolated spots where there will be other people around.
Check weather forecasts and consider whether the routes you’ve chosen to run or walk on will have been treated if the forecast is for snow or ice.
Using earphones to listen to the radio or music might stop you be-ing able to hear what’s going on around you.
Dress in light layers to allow you to control your temperature and ensure you are comfy. And, last but not least, have FUN!
Jogging Buddies - Jog Leader & Meeting Place
Meeting Times
Lesley Compston, ON-X, Brediland Road,
Linwood, PA3 3RA Saturday 10.00am
Claire Strain, Lagoon Leisure Centre, 11 Christie Street,
Paisley, PA1 1NB Tuesday 6.00pm
Susan Lynch, Glennifer High School, Amochrie Road,
Paisley, PA2 0AG Tuesday 6.30pm
Ellen Forrest, St Mirren Football Club, Greenhill Road,
Paisley, PA3 1RU Wednesday 6.30pm
Susan McDonald, Ralston Community Sports Centre,
Penilee Road, Paisley, PA1 3AX Wednesday 7.00pm
Louise Peacock / Ellen Forrest,
Elderslie Village Hall, Stoddard Square, Elderslie, PA5 9AS
Thursday 6.30
Sharon Coyle, Erskine Sports Centre, Kilpatrick Drive,
Erskine, PA8 7AF Thursday 6.30pm
Jogging Buddies
If you haven’t run or jogged before, Jogging Buddies is for complete novices to experienced runners and provides you with qualified jog leaders to guide and support you to attain your goal in a safe and friendly environment.
To register for classes or find out more please contact Fiona by email: [email protected] call her at the office or find us on facebook
