East Riding of Yorkshire Council is working with Fitmums and Friends to host an introductory Nordic Walking workshop for those living with Parkinson’s and related conditions.
The free one-hour workshop will be held at East Riding Leisure Beverley in Flemingate on Thursday, 28 April at 11.30am.
Athletics club and charity, Fitmums & Friends is proud to announce that its founder and chief officer, Sam Barlow BEM, is a regional winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year’s Unsung Hero 2021 Award.
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year’s Unsung Hero Award recognises the volunteers in sport whose efforts are making a difference to our communities. This year’s winner for BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is Sam Barlow, founder and chief officer of local charity, Fitmums & Friends.
A scheme that was launched nearly 10 years ago to help women with post-natal depression is to embark on a post-Covid campaign to help a wider range of people after securing funding from a business in Hull.
In the Pink, which was set up in 2012 by Fitmums and Friends, is being sponsored by AA Global Language Services to cover the cost of employing a part-time coordinator who will build a network of volunteers.
Athletics club and charity, Fitmums & Friends, Hull City Council and Hull Culture and Leisure, Leisure Services are delighted to announce the launch of Walk Hull – West Park: a new community walking scheme.
Walk Hull – West Park is a community walking initiative designed to encourage people to walk in Hull’s West Park. It combines signs in the park with an easy-to-use smartphone app which tells walkers exactly how far they have travelled.
Athletics club and charity, Fitmums & Friends is delighted and honoured to announce that international runner and five-time Olympian, Jo Pavey has agreed to become its patron.
Pavey joins the charity as it celebrates its tenth year and will support its work to help men, women and children to enjoy being more active.
Rugby fans will be in with a chance to win some super league prizes this Saturday at a Health Day being held by the Teaming Up for Health Partnership.
The event will take place on April 14 at KCOM Craven Park from 10am-2pm, where over 30 local organisations will be offering free activities, advice and taster sessions.
With the UK being branded as the ‘Fat Man’ of Europe people are being urged to think about the steps they can take to lead a healthier lifestyle.
Figures show that in the UK Obesity is on the increase with the UK leading the way and topping the table with 24.9pc of the population classified as obese.
Athletics club and charity, Fitmums & Friends, is delighted to announce that it has been selected as a finalist in this year’s UK Coaching Awards.
The awards celebrate great coaching from people and organisations who have demonstrated outstanding success over the previous 12 months.
Health organisations from across Hull and East Yorkshire are once again joining forces to present the biggest showcase of healthcare and innovation from across the region.
Organised by Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), East Riding of Yorkshire CCG, City Health Care Partnership CIC and Humber NHS Foundation Trust, the 2017 Hull and East Riding Health Expo will this year take place at Hull City Hall on 19 October.
Athletics club, Fitmums & Friends is now a registered charity after the Charity Commission for England and Wales approved its application.
Its new status will enable Fitmums & Friends to support more people to become more active through its range of friendly and supportive activity sessions.
Hull Culture and Leisure and British Cycling have hosted an event to discuss opportunities for the new proposed closed cycle circuit at Ennerdale Leisure Centre.
A range of cycling clubs and shops, racing and triathlon teams, schools and other sports groups including Fitmums all came together last night (Monday 5 December), to find out more about the city’s first closed cycle circuit.
A fitness group which has helped hundreds of people across the East Riding to keep fit while having fun has welcomed the 100th member to its Beverley branch.
As avid cyclists region wide prepare for the Tour de Yorkshire, 25 men and women from Fitmums & Friends are taking their commitment to fitness to new lengths with a 232 mile bike ride from Hull to Oxford.
An East Riding mum who launched a fitness group which has helped hundreds of adults and children to take up running and walking while having fun has been nominated for a national public health hero award.
A fitness group which has helped hundreds of adults of all ages and abilities to take up running while having fun has now launched junior sessions for children.
There was a fantastic atmosphere in Beverley last Sunday when a record 1299 runners completed the twenty first Hall Construction Group Beverley 10k.
A Beverley fitness group for novices to running would welcome newbies of both sexes and all ages.
Sing when you’re running! That’s the message from locally based Fitmums and Friends who have formed a choir to raise money for the Ellie Mai Fund in Cottingham and the charity Breast Cancer Care.