Active Notts

19/06/2026

We're working with the National Ice Centre to promote best practice when it comes to safeguarding and welfare in Nottinghamshire's sports sector.

As part of that, a free Keeping Sport Safe in Nottingham – Welfare & Learning event will be held at the National Ice Centre on Saturday 18 July, 12noon - 3.30pm.

This event is perfect for coaches, welfare leads, club volunteers and anyone who works in the sports and activity space in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Come connect, learn, and enjoy a unique afternoon of sport and safeguarding!

https://makingourmove.org.uk/event/keeping-sport-safe-in-nottingham/

19/06/2026

We're offering FREE Community Sports Leadership training for Nottingham city residents aged 16-24.

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Whether you’re interested in coaching, fitness, sports development, or helping others get active, this Level 2 qualification can be the first step toward a new career!

Places for July are limited so apply now!
https://makingourmove.org.uk/sports-leadership-2026

17/06/2026

Living with a long-term health condition can be unpredictable.

So for summer, join We Are Undefeatable in encouraging people and communities to to find and celebrate the small, unexpectedly joyful moments of movement:

🌷 Build strength carrying a watering can while tending plants.
🍃 Boost step count without even thinking about it by mowing the lawn.
🍽️ Turn doing the dishes into a dance party listening to music.

Take a watch of these short videos and have a go with someone who could benefit: https://weareundefeatable.co.uk/ways-to-move/workouts/

15/06/2026

What if getting active didn’t feel like one more demand?

For many women, life is already full, full of responsibilities, expectations, and competing priorities.

Being more active can sometimes feel out of reach, or simply not designed with them in mind.

But moving more does not have to mean gym memberships or rigid routines. It can be gentle, flexible and joyful, while still boosting energy, lifting mood, building confidence and even improving sleep.

We need to ask whether the opportunities for physical activity truly fit women’s lives.

❓Do the spaces feel comfortable?
❓Do the timings work?
❓Are the environments inclusive and culturally aware?

The Nottingham Muslim Women's Network has developed guidance to help us better understand the realities of South Asian and Muslim women’s lives, and to challenge us to rethink how we design activities, spaces, and opportunities.

Read it here >https://makingourmove.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/South-Asian-and-Muslim-women-insight-FINAL.pdf.pagespeed.ce.q47SIsXGD2.pdf

Because if we want more women to move, we have to meet them where they are, not by asking them to fit into existing systems, but by shaping those systems around them.

Girl Can Nottingham Muslim Women's Network

12/06/2026

Mayor Claire's Summer of Sport is here!☀

We're encouraging people across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to move more by taking part in local activities and sessions between now and the 31 August.

So, how will you get involved? Will you👀Watch, 👣Walk/♿Wheel, ✅Pledge, or 🏓Play?

⛹️‍♀️🎾If you have an event or session running, and you'd like to get involved, tell us about it here:

Mayor Claire's Summer of Sport Active Derbyshire and Active Notts are supporting the Summer of Sport campaign led by Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands. The campaign aims to harness the excitement of high profile sporting events such as the Commonwealth Games and World Cup, and encourage people...

11/06/2026

Students from six special schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire recently took part in the Believe. Move. Achieve. event - and we're now able to share a new film showcasing the event.

The event was organised in partnership with the University of Nottingham and held at David Ross Sports Village.

Shaped by youth voice, it gave young people the chance to take part in a range of activities including boccia, sitting volleyball, archery and the climbing wall, and hear an inspirational speech from 2012 Paralympic medallist Mel Clarke.

We had a great day and it was lovely to see so many smiling faces!

Alfreton Park School University of Nottingham Disability Sport

A huge well done to all of the young people who took part in the Believe. Move. Achieve. event at David Ross Sports Village at University of Nottingham. Stud...

10/06/2026

It’s been wonderful to bring Derby and Nottingham’s schools together again today for the Girls Active Celebration Day.

Co-designed by the Girls Active Leaders, the day started with an inspirational speech from the amazing Sunshine Sam. More than 200 young people then took part in a choice of a wide range of activities including skateboarding, cheerleading, Kinball, street dance, indoor cycling, tennis, basketball and Drumba.

Active Notts and Active Derbyshire work in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust to deliver Girls Active at Djanogly City Academy, Park Vale Academy, Oakwood Academy, Nottingham Academy, Redhill Academy, Farnborough Academy and Bemrose School. Each school is supported by an ambassador.

The programme recognises the challenges girls experience to participation, and supports schools and empowers girls to make the necessary changes to PE and sport and physical activity provision to remove barriers and develop a relevant and vibrant offer to engage all girls, not just the sporty few.

The Girls Active Leaders have been working hard in their schools to support, influence and encourage their peers to be more active, and today was about celebrating their achievements so far and inspiring more girls to take part and try something new.

10/06/2026

It’s great to read Sport England’s position statement on devolution. Here in Derbyshire and Notts, we have started to build some good relationships with the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA), whose footprint matches our own.

Having had conversations with a number of the EMCCA team and with Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, we can see how our work in place aligns with their role around inclusive growth and addressing inequalities within our cities and counties. As Sport England have shared, we know the positive role being active can play on physical and mental health and our role is to see how this can play a part in developing truly inclusive growth. We’re already working closely with EMCCA and other partners around active travel too. We’ve been advocating the role of walking and how to understand barriers to people walking more from their door, to make local trips and to access public transport.

We look forward to bringing partners together, with communities to help create long term, sustainable growth for Derbyshire and Notts.

09/06/2026

Meet Garry, one of our newest board members! He brings over 20 years’ experience in strategic communications, policy, public affairs, and reputation management.

Garry is also Head of Policy & Communications at Groundwork, where he leads work spanning organisational positioning, stakeholder influence, digital strategy, and external affairs.

His experience and perspective will be invaluable as we continue working to understand and respond to the needs of the communities we serve across Notts and Derbyshire.

Welcome, Garry!

To see a full list of our board members, visit: https://makingourmove.org.uk/about/active-partners-trust/