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Tips For Maintaining Better Health
16 August 2021
Put on a few pounds during lockdown? Now that things are starting to get back to normal following the coronavirus crisis, you may be thinking of ways to stay as healthy as possible. Well Sheffield City Council would like to help you do this and has launched the Better Health Sheffield website with videos, lists of tips and contact details for people and groups who can help you.
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Free Resistance Training Bands
12 February 2021
Wheelpower has been providing opportunities in sport for people with physical impairments for over 70 years and is offering wheelchair users and physically disabled people a free set of resistance training bands to help you keep fit throughout lockdown. The bands can be used for the exercises featured in their Resistance Band Exercises for Wheelchair Users films or for yoga, warming up before exercising, strength training or physical therapy rehabilitation.
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Boxing Clever At Our Great New Activity
10 February 2021
They’ve done fitness, yoga and dance – now a bit of boxing is on the list of lockdown activities supplied by Sheffield Cycling 4 All. Boxercise 4 All starts on Monday February 15 between noon and1pm and is a fun, inclusive class for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. It lasts around 50 minutes and is led by Beth from Jazzy B Fitness.
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Get Into the Groove at Our Dance 4 All Sessions
27 January 2021
We may mostly be stuck indoors at the moment, but those lovely people at Sheffield Cycling 4 All have taken steps to create a moving experience for you – their brand new Dance 4 All sessions starting on Friday February 5th! These classes are led by Sheffield based dance teacher Angelina Abel and are designed to break barriers through movement and storytelling to vibrant African rhythms. They are tailored to suit all different abilities and fitness levels, with seated and standing options for each dance move
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Stretching Out at the Yoga 4 All Sessions
17 November 2020
With another Coronavirus lockdown underway at the moment and seemingly nobody sure what the future holds, the need to relax is more important than ever. So those kind folks at Sheffield Cycling 4 All have set up an online yoga class – a form of exercise that focuses on strength, flexibility and breathing to boost physical and mental wellbeing. Participants have been telling our intrepid reporter, Disability Sheffield volunteer John Quinn, about taking part!
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Yoga is 4 All
16 October 2020
Have you ever thought about taking up yoga to boost your physical and mental wellbeing? Organised by Sheffield Cycling 4 All and funded by Sport England, our free yoga sessions take place every Tuesday evening between 7-8pm and are specifically designed for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Qualified Yoga teacher Jane Collins knows lots of ways to adapt traditional yoga practices, so that everyone taking part can experience all the benefits that yoga offers.
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Get Yourself Active Video Pilots
14 October 2020
For the past few months Get Yourself Active has been undertaking research with the aim of finding out the experiences of disabled people around getting physically active during the Covid-19 outbreak. Before developing their full ‘Active at Home’ video series they would welcome your feedback on their first pilot exercise videos as a way of testing their learning.
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Sheffield Cycling 4 All Launch Trike Loan Scheme
02 July 2020
Sheffield City Region have very kindly given our disability cycling project, Sheffield Cycling 4 All ( SC4A ), 4 electric assist tricycles which are available for anyone who can’t ride a two wheeled bike to loan for up to 3 months (depending on demand). We hope that this scheme will enable people to experience pedal power as a viable mode of disability transport.
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Share Your Thoughts on Staying Physically Active
23 June 2020
For the last few months during the Coronavirus outbreak , we have been told to stay at home as much as possible to keep ourselves safe . There has been a variety of guidance around keeping physically active, as well as a variety of content created for disabled people and for people who may be unable to leave the house around getting active at home. Get Yourself Active and Sense are asking you to take part in their survey on keeping active.
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Sheffield's Outdoor City Survey 2020
11 June 2020
Sheffield City Council are asking everyone to help them to understand how important our local outdoor spaces are to you – from city parks to the Peak District – and what you like to do when you’re out and about.
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