Active Humber

Get out Get Active Progress Report 2021/22

 

North East Lincolnshire Developments

Boxercise/Chair Based Exercise

Location:  Trinity Boxing Club Grimsby

Partners Involved: Parkinson’s Society/ Cleethorpes Educational Trust

Activities Delivered: Boxercise (8 participants) Chair Based Pilates (14 participants)

 

In 2021 a steering group involving MS Society, Parkinson’s Society, Active Humber, and Trinity Boxing Club was

established. The two neurological charities approached people aged 50+ in North East Lincolnshire living with

the two medical conditions. The consultations showed that the activities the people would like to try were

Pilates, boxercise and strength and conditioning classes. In 2019 the steering group successfully applied for

an awards for all grant. This funding helped train staff members at the Boxing club to make activities more

accessible for participants. Due to COVID the activities were paused but in May 2021the group started the

programme. After nearly a year there are now 3 weekly sessions running at the Trinity Boxing club with 

average attendances at each session of around 12 people. These sessions have been so successful that

the steering group has developed a group in North Lincolnshire.

 

Chair Based Exercise Hybrid Session

Location: Annie Chapple Centre, Humberston Grimsby        

Partners Involved: Friendship at Home 

Activities: Chair Based Exercise (15 Participants)

 

In June 2019 Friendship at Home received a grant from Sport England to deliver activities to their members. These members are all over the age of 65 and the majority are living with a long-term health condition. The activities were going well but as the COVID Pandemic hit they were all put on hold as the funding for these had almost ended and the Pandemic had a huge impact on making these sustainable. Friendship at home received tackling inequalities funding from Active Humber to purchase some tablets for their members to access physical activities during the pandemic. This funding along with GOGA funding helped fund online sessions and hybrid sessions as restrictions lifted. The chair-based class has continued to run with people still accessing this online and face to face.

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Bowls & Croquet

Location: Peoples Park, Grimsby (Summer) Waltham Village Hall (Winter) Grimsby reunited Church (Winter)

Partners Involved: 2020 Community Sport

Activities: Bowls and Croquet (33 Participants)

Active Humber funded Community Sport CIC to deliver several bowls and croquet sessions in North East Lincolnshire. These venues have included Peoples Park, Waltham Village Hall, Grimsby United Reformed Church. The sessions are a combination of informal coaching, fun match play with the social element added. Many of the participants are living with a long-term health condition and thanks to this session have increase their confidence, felt like they have a reason to the leave house and met new friends whilst being active.

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Table Tennis Training

Location: Trinity Boxing Club, Cleethorpes

Partners Involved: Table Tennis England

Training Course: Table Tennis Activator Course Level 1 (12 Participants)

Through GOGA funding we have delivered an activator course for volunteers and staff from North Lincolnshire Council,

Barton Trinity Church, Seven Hills Academy, Trinity boxing Club and 2020 Community Sports CIC. The training upskilled

the participants to deliver fun table tennis sessions for people living with a long-term health condition. They are now

able to adapt sessions to make them more accessible.

The 12 participants who received the training are now delivering activities back at their own facilities.

Barton Trinity Church are now delivering two sessions a week and achieving weekly attendances of 20+ players

 

North Lincolnshire Developments

Strength & Conditioning

Location: Brigg Methodist Church

Partners: North Lincolnshire Stroke Association

Activity: Seated Strength and Conditioning Class (8 Participants)

GOGA funding has enabled patients accessing Stroke services to participate in physical activity with the covid restrictions easing. We have funded a weekly session at Brigg Methodist church. Participants are enjoying the mixture of chair based and standing exercises. The group meet every week for an hour of activity and then a drink and chat afterwards. We have people travelling from all over North Lincs to attend.

Chair Based Exercise

Location: Baysgarth Leisure Centre, Barton

Partners: North Lincolnshire Council, Parkinson’s Society, MS Society

Activity: Seated Strength and Conditioning Class (4 Participants)

After the success of the neurological sessions in North East Lincolnshire, the steering group comprising of Active Humber, MS Society and Parkinson’s society are now working with North Lincolnshire leisure councils Baysgarth Leisure Centre to develop a weekly activity session for people living with a neurological condition in North Lincolnshire. The chair based/standing session improve the participants mobility, balance and coordination as well as focusing on strength and conditioning. We have had great feedback from the sessions. The Local authority has now integrated this session into their weekly programme to make this session sustainable.

 

Table Tennis/ Chair Based Exercise

Location: Barton Trinity Church

Partners: Later Life Project

Activities: Seated Exercise Class (14 participants), Table Tennis (20 Participants)

We are working with the living later living well project at Barton trinity Church to support them to develop sustainable activities at the church.  We have funded two chair-based exercise places for their staff and volunteers to deliver sessions for their congregation. They have one session running currently attracting 14 people per week aged between 70 and 89 years old. This alongside their table tennis sessions is enhancing their physical activity offer.

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Tai Chi

Location: Humberside Chinese Association Headquarters

Partners: Humberside Chinese Association

Activities: Tai Chi (14 participants)

Active Humber are funding the Humberside Association through the Get Out Get Active funding to deliver two weekly Tai Chi sessions. These sessions are giving people in the Froddingham area an opportunity to take part in Tai Chi to improve their health and wellbeing. This session is a attracting a wide range of cultures of all ages.

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Tv.Fit

Active Humber began its Get Out Get Active Programme in March 2020 at the same time the COVID pandemic began. As restrictions and lockdowns began Active Humber recognised that there was a need to develop an online off to help people stay active at home. Working with TV.fit an online physical activity resource, we purchased online subscriptions for people aged 55-74 to access the online platform and access health and well being videos to stay active and maintain a positive mindset.

The Tv.fit offer is available to view on the following link and we stay have subscriptions available so please contact us for more information

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Future Developments

The focus of the year 3 Get Out Get Active funding will focus on creating a sustainable legacy in the North and North East Lincolnshire areas as well as expanding into Hull and East Riding to showcase the Active Humber Active Ageing offer which has been developed thanks to the Get Out Get Active Funding. Consultation with partners of the Get Out Get Active programme has identified the need to develop a more confident local workforce that will support people living with a long-term health condition to be active,

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Capturing the Story

Get Out Get Active Case Study 

In Autumn 2021 Active Humber worked with Age UK Hull to secure funding from the Football Association to develop walking football session for people aged 50+ living in Hull and East Riding. This funding combined with Get Out Get Active funding hosted by Active Humber has helped to develop 4 walking football sessions across Hull and East and Riding. These sessions have proven to be very successful with a combination of veteran football players and new starters to the sport. 

With session growing in popularity, we are planning a Humber wide walking football tournament between teams from Hull, East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire. These will celebrate how walking football improves health and wellbeing and helping people to make new friends.

 

 

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Returning to Activity in North and North East Lincolnshire 

The Get Out Get Active programme in North & North East Lincolnshire is a physical activity programme supporting the most inactive 55-74-year old’s to become more active by developing an inclusive and intergenerational offer.

 

In response to COVID-19 the programme has focused on a couple of new ways to engage the key target audience; Active Humber developed Stay Active at Home pages to encourage people affected by lockdown to be physically active in their own homes, alongside this a Stay Active at Home GOGA leaflet was developed and distributed with food/care packages, community emergency response teams and other partners agencies to support those who may not have access to the internet to undertake light exercises in their homes.

 

Since restrictions have eased Active Humber have been working with partners in North East Lincolnshire to develop bowls and croquet sessions at a local park in Grimsby. Sessions run twice a week and are fully inclusive. The sessions have attracted a range of ages and abilities and are fully adapted to cater for the range of participants that attend. 

 

 

Friendship at Home

Through GOGA funding, Friendship at home have delivered hybrid sessions at their community Hall in Humberston. 

These hybrid sessions are a combination of face-to-face delivery and people accessing the class virtually from home. 

For those people shielding or unable to leave their homes, it has been a great way for people to stay active and keep in touch. 

 

 

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“The sessions have been a huge success and we are now looking at expanding our offer to other sites in North East Lincolnshire. Working with Active Humber we have been rewarding people with free subscriptions to their Tv.Fit offer. This has given our members the opportunity to do something different on the days when there is no hybrid delivery. As an organisation we saw the importance of helping people get online and we have recruited an IT officer to help people use laptops, ipads etc”

Lyse Stephenson, Friendship at Home