Active Suffolk - April Insight Newsletter

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Hello all, and welcome to the second edition of the Active Suffolk insight newsletter for 2020. We hope you're all keeping safe during this unusual period - hopefully we'll share some insight with you that's not COVID-19 related!

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This edition includes Healthwatch Suffolk's reports on child mental & emotional well-being, the government's target of increasing active travel to school, headlines from the latest Activity Alliance report and key takeaways from The Marmot Review, 10 Years On.

Healthwatch Suffolk - Reports on Children and Young People, Mental & Emotional Well-being

The full report contains data from 12,000 young people in schools and colleges across Suffolk about their mental & emotional well-being.

The full report's able to be downloaded, but there are some really useful individual mini-reports available for download, on themes such as online activity, self-esteem and resilience.

Government Targets 55% of Primary School Children walking to School by 2025.

Recently, the government has included this target as part of it's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. A generation ago, over 70% of children walked to school, but this number has dropped significantly to 51%.

The initial project was called the Walk to School Outreach Project and initially targeted 275 Primary Schools - achieving an estimated increase of 10,000 extra children walking to school during the period.

Activity Alliance Report - More to do to reduce physical inactivity for disabled people.

A new report by the Activity Alliance reveals some pretty stark statistics;

•	4/5 disabled adults want to do more physical activity than they currently do, compared to less than 3/5 non-disabled people. (81% compared to 57%).
•	4/10 disabled people feel they are given the opportunity to be as active as they would like, compared to 7/10 non-disabled people.
•	2/5 (41%) of disabled people list a fear of losing benefits as a reason that prevents them from being more physically active.

Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On

The report produced by the Institute of Health Equity and commissioned by the Health Foundation has been published 10 years on from The Marmot Review. Highlights from the report include;

•	People can expect to spend more of their lives in poor health.
•	Improvements to life expectancy have stalled, and declined for the poorest 10% of women.
•	The health gap has grown between wealthy and deprived areas.
•	Place matters - living in a deprived area of the North East is worse for your health than living in a similarly deprived area in London - to the extent that life expectancy is nearly 5 years less.

News

ITFC reward local workplace for participating in the latest physical activity challenge.

Blue Novation, the Suffolk based company were presented with tickets to this weekend's game at Portman Road after being highlighted by Active Suffolk,... Read More »

Table Tennis England - Inclusivity grant scheme re-opens

Clubs and organisations are being invited to apply for Table Tennis England funding to help get more people from minority or underrepresented groups playing... Read More »

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