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National

  • Active Places - Search for sports facilities anywhere in England.

  • British Cycling - British Cycling launches 'Ride' and 'Race' membership packages.  Whether you cycle for fun, commute to work by bike or get a thrill from sportive rides or racing, as a British Cycling ‘Race’ or ‘Ride’ member you will find cycling easier, safer, more fun and be part of an organisation that has created the world’s most formidable riders.   To find out how British Cycling membership can take care of all your cycling needs, visit www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership or call the Membership Team on 0161 274 2010.

  • Change4Life - The national campaign to help families eat well, move more and live longer, happier lives.  Join and receive your free information pack. 

  • Dance Champions - Dance Champions is an exciting new venture, which has been developed to support and encourage more people to be active. 

  • Eat Well - Healthy eating advice from the Food Standards Agency.

  • Healthy Start - A Government welfare scheme, which provides vouchers for milk, infant formula, vitamins, fresh fruit and vegetables (terms and conditions apply).

  • Healthy Weight - Information on calorie counting and eating out.

  • Life Checks - Access to early years, teen and mid-life life checks.

  • Natural England - Natural England’s Walking for Health (WfH) encourages you to enjoy your local natural spaces and benefit your health by taking part in health walks.  This Internet site includes a walk finder. 

  • NHS Choices - The official NHS Internet site. 

  • NHS Drinking - The official NHS alcohol awareness campaign.  A leaflet is availiable by clicking on this link - LEAFLET (PDF file).

  • NHS Smokefree - The national Internet site of the NHS Stop Smoking Service.

  • Parent Channel TV - Parent Channel TV is a new online service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children aged 5-19, with a collection of videos addressing day-to-day questions and concerns spanning wellbeing, behaviour and learning.

  • Run In England - Run in England provides everyone with the opportunity to get active and begin running for fun and fitness.  Run In England brings running and fun to the heart of our communities, at times of the day and venues to suit everyone, including complete beginners. Our running groups can be found throughout the country – at gyms, schools, companies and in the local community. 

  • Sky Ride - Cycling is already one of the fastest growing sports in the UK and with our encouragement we want to help people understand the thrill of getting back in the saddle. We want to get more people healthier, fitter and happier and have set ourselves the target of getting one million more people on a bike by 2013.  Sky Ride offers a host of opportunities, from free mass participation events to smaller led-group rides for all abilities. There's something for beginners and the most experienced riders.

  • Small Steps 4 Life - Running alongside the Change4Life and Start4Life campaigns, SmallSteps4Life is about encouraging young people all over the country to make small manageable steps to eat well, get active and feel good.  Over time, this site will help you, your school and the kids: plan, participate in, share and celebrate their SmallSteps4Life journey.

  • Start4Life - Running alongside the Change4Life campaign, Start4Life aims to support pregnant women and parents of children up to two years old with establishing good feeding and activity habits from the outset.  A leaflet is available by clicking on this link - LEAFLET (PDF file). 

  • Walk England - Walk England is a social enterprise working with communities and organisations to encourage more people to walk, more often and to more places. We love walking, and want to make sure that everyone can find out everything they need to enjoy it as much as we do, whether that means finding a walk in the countryside, or through a park, or to school or work, or for whatever reason, or finding out how to lead a guided walk, or how to measure how much activity they’re doing. 

    Please visit our Internet site, Walk England.   In September 2010, Walk England will be launching a healthy walks scheme called Walk4Miles.  For further information, please click here. 

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Kent

  • Explore Kent -Explore Kent is the best place to find out about walking, cycling, country parks and horse riding in Kent. Be inspired with our great days out and find out what's near you with the interactive map.

  • Change4Life with Explore Kent - Pledge your active day out and have fun this summer. You will find plenty of ideas for free outdoor activities to help you move more and feel better!

  • Go Cycle - Information on cycle trips in Kent as well as clubs to join.

  • John Harris's Walking In Kent - All the information you need to get walking in  the beautiful Kent countryside. 

  • Kent Adult Education Centres (KCC) - For information about health and fitness courses within kent Adult Education, call 0845 606 5606 or visit their Internet site.  Likewise, do ask them about their Adult Education Health Referral Scheme (PDF file).

  • Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games -  Kent's Co-ordinating group for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. 

  • Kent County Council - Health pages.

  • Kent County Council - Leisure and culture pages for the Kent area. 

  • Kent County Council - Kent County Council runs hundreds of events each year all over the county. Find out what's happenning near you and get involved!

  • KCC - Kent Sport, Leisure and Olympics - Click on this link to find your sport.

  • KCC - Kent Sport, Leisure and Olympics ((Disability sport) - This link will help you find access to other sports if you are disabled.

  • Kent Schools 20 in 12 Learning Programme - Using the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games to inspire the delivery of the curriculum.

  • Kent and Medway Walking Bus Group - The walk to school project Kent and Medway Walking Bus Group offers three packages to ease this problem: Walking Buses, Green Footsteps and Walk on Wednesday schemes. To varying degrees all improve the health of the children using them, teach vital road safety skills, saves parents' time and reduce traffic congestion and pollution in the streets around the school.  This website explains how the services work, how you can get involved at school or parent level, and the benefits of becoming a sponsor.

  • Kent Wildlife Trust - Kent Wildlife Trust runs events, activities and volunteering opportunities, including guided walks and conversation tasks on nature reserves.  (A small fee is required for some events, although volunteering opportunities are free.) An events leaflet is available upon request.  For details on events and volunteering, contact the charity on 01622 662012, or visit their Internet site.   

  • Live It Well - This site has been put together by local organisations and individuals in Kent who want to find new ways to promote emotional wellbeing in Kent. 

  • ToGoGo - A site for young people to find out about activities and opportunities in their area.

  • Valley of Visions Landscape Partnership Scheme - The Valley of Visions Landscape Partnership Scheme runs a series of events in West Kent and Medway.  (A small fee is required for some events.)  An events leaflet is available.  Further details can be found on their Internet site. 

  • Visit Kent - The Visit Kent Internet site is the tourist's guide to visiting Kent, which includes information on outdoor activities and walks, as well as visitor attractions, places to stay, where to eat and drink, etc.  The Visit Kent Internet site also lists the locations of the Tourist Information Centres in Kent. 

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Medway

  • NHS Medway  - The Internet site of NHS Medway.

  • Arethusa Venture Centre - Specialising in adventurous outdoor learning for all ages, Arethusa Venture Centre offers the very best in team building, personal challenges and social activities.

  • Kent Wildlife Trust - Kent Wildlife Trust runs events, activities and volunteering opportunities, including guided walks and conversation tasks on nature reserves.  An events leaflet is available upon request.  For details on events and volunteering, contact the charity on 01622 662012, or visit their Internet site.   

  • Medway Council - Leisure pages.

  • Medway Council: Medway 2012 - The official Internet site about what is happening in Medway as we plan for 2012. 

  • Medway Gets Active - Your one-stop shop for sports and activity ideas in Medway.

  • Valley of Visions Landscape Partnership Scheme - The Valley of Visions Landscape Partnership Scheme runs a series of events in West Kent and Medway.  (A small fee is required for some events.)  An events leaflet is available.  Further details can be found on their Internet site. 

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East Kent 

  • NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent - The Internet site of NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent.

  • Ashford Borough Council - Clubs and activities to join in the Ashford area.

  • Active Ashford - The Active Ashford Sports Partnership is a visionary approach to sports development for the Ashford Borough community.

  • Active Canterbury - Online sport and physical activity site for the Canterbury area.

  • Active Life - Link to leisure centres and swimming pools in Canterbury.

  • Canterbury City Council - A link to the Sports Development page about what activities are happening in the area.

  • Dover District Council - Leisure activities in the area of Dover.

  • Folkestone Sports Centre - Link to the centre with details of classes and groups that you can join.

  • Jelly Legs - Jelly Legs Canterbury, Whitstable and Deal provides everyone with the opportunity to get active and begin running for fitness. We provide a welcoming, social, non-competitive environment in which adults of any fitness level, age, size or ability have the opportunity to run together to improve their health, fitness and confidence.  People who have joined the group have found it a life changing experience, either assisting them to lose weight, become more toned, fight depression, gain confidence or just feel good about themselves again.

  • Kent and Medway Walking Bus Group - The walk to school project Kent and Medway Walking Bus Group offers three packages to ease this problem: Walking Buses, Green Footsteps and Walk on Wednesday schemes. To varying degrees all improve the health of the children using them, teach vital road safety skills, saves parents' time and reduce traffic congestion and pollution in the streets around the school.  This website explains how the services work, how you can get involved at school or parent level, and the benefits of becoming a sponsor.

  • Sheppey Leisure Complex - Direct link to the leisure centre.

  • Sittingbourne Community Sports Centre - A list of facilities that are on offer at the centre.

  • Swale Borough Council - A comprehensive site with information on activities available in the Swale area.

  • Swallows Leisure Centre - Direct link to the site.

  • Thanet Activities - Information on what is going on for the over 50's in Thanet.

  • Thanet District Council -  Pages relating to sport from the council's website.

  • Thanet Leisureforce - A link to the leisure trust who run the leisure centres and outdoor pitches.

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West Kent

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(Please note that NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust and NHS West Kent Primary Care Trust are not responsible for the content of external Internet sites.)