Tags: mental health
Posted: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:20
Moving more to reduce stress: highlighting Stress Awareness Month
April is Stress Awareness Month, which exists to increase awareness and knowledge of the presence and impact of stress in our lives. We live in increasingly challenging times, and moving more can play a significant role in helping to manage inevitable stress levels. In this blog, to highlight the impact that stress can have, we're pleased to share some stories from the Active Oxfordshire team about how being active helps to keep stress at bay. Read More »
Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:23
Move Together aims to tackle the fast-growing loneliness epidemic
It's 2023 and staggeringly, the loneliness epidemic is not getting any better, in fact it's getting much worse, with chronic loneliness having increased by a million since the pandemic hit, now at 3.3 million according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In this blog we explore the role Move Together plays in tackling loneliness. Read More »
Posted: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:52
Re-writing my relationship with physical activity, by Natalie Davis
Active Oxfordshire's Healthy Communities Manager, Natalie Davis, writes about her recent experience running the Oxford Half Marathon and the opportunity it brought to rewrite her story following a troubled relationship with exercise growing up. Read More »