Sport England's #SocialValueReport25 found that the annual social value of community sport and physical activity is £122.9bn.
It revealed that active lives each year prevented:
📉 1.3 million cases of depression
📉 900,000 cases of back pain
📉 700,000 cases of type 2 diabetes
Equating to £8 billion in direct net savings to the healthcare system through illness prevention, reducing pressure on the NHS.
Learn more: https://t.co/GJNYyyJd6u
Our favourite time of the year is our Walk Leader Celebration day. 💚
A walk, lunch & thank you just doesn't seem enough for these lovely people! Without volunteers we couldn't do what we do, they are amazing & we are lucky to have them #volunteers#Community#Teamwork#walks @
Physical activity is not only good for your body, but it's also great for your mind.
Finding an activity you enjoy can give:
🎯 A goal to aim for
🤩 Sense of purpose
🤝 New friends
🛑 A break from daily life
Today is National Fitness Day!
Keep an eye out across our social channels throughout the day to stay up to date with what’s happening across the nation on the most active day of the year.
https://t.co/V8ZXoaleBn
LED is offering a FREE 30-minute Health Check for working parents which includes 5 days access to our leisure centres 👩🏻⚕️
This offer is part of our Outreach Programme run by @OutreachLED through our UKSPF. Sign up at https://t.co/LRapGEv7E0
#EDDC#LED#UKSPF#EDDC_UKSPF
What a fantastic Walk Leader Celebration day we had!!! Our chance to say a massive thank you to our amazing volunteers. We couldn't do it without you #volunteering#activekindness#walking
The Government's new strategy places significant importance on tackling inequalities, which ties in well with #UnitingTheMovement.
Here's its impact in numbers 👇📊
Great first session by #Sidmouth Tennis Club of Walking Tennis with @OutreachLED on the town's Coburg courts - and thanks for the tea and biscuits 👍 @Devontennis
@d_lovering@OutreachLED@Devontennis It's for anyone wanting exercise (no experience needed) or who want to get back to tennis. Court space is reduced, softer balls and two bounces allowed. Great fun
🚨 NEW PARKRUN WORLD RECORD ALERT 🚨
Huge congratulations to Ace Celerate who this morning set a new parkrun world record at Woolacombe Dunes, with a time of nine minutes and 58 seconds 🙌
🌳 #loveparkrun
What a great afternoon making our Easter Wreaths with the lovely Kate from @DevonCC Environment Team.
Sadly rain stopped play for our Wellbeing Walk! But don't they look great for a 1st attempt 🌿 @LEDleisure#Easter2023#wreathmaking
Today’s #BigSwimDay is about having fun and sharing your passion for the pool. But there’s also a serious message. Half of UK community swimming pools face closure or cuts amid crippling energy costs within SIX months. Full story >> https://t.co/Se9NaHSXpp
This is an important news story being covered across the BBC today.
We're working with @CommLeisureUK to promote #BigSwimDay this Friday, part of the #SaveOurPools campaign which aims to raise awareness of the situation leisure centres across the UK find themselves in.