Active Ashford
Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
Welcome to the Active Ashford Community Sports Partnership
website.
The Active Ashford partnership is supported by some of the
biggest sporting names in the County who have some form of link
with the area such as one of Britain's top athletes, runner Lisa
Dobriskey Olympic Gold Medal Winner cyclist Jamie Staff. Each
ambassador has their own web page and on that can be seen an
Exclusive interview.
Other pages on the site look at County and National Performers
who have links to the Borough as well as ways of obtaining
funding.
One of the major impacts of Active Ashford is to get more people
participating in physical exercise, a directory of places to do
this can be found as well as to clubs that have achieved the
Quality Standard Accreditation eg Clubmark.
The Government Recommendation for Healthy
Activity
An active lifestyle is beneficial for promoting good health and
is also a great opportunity for socialising. But activity can be as
social or as personal as you choose. Current recommendations
suggest that:
- Adults should be
participating in a minimum of 30 minutes a
day of moderate intensity physical activity.
- Children should be
participating in a minimum of 1 hour per
day of moderate intensity physical activity.
This can be achieved in small bouts throughout the day, such as
3 sessions of 10 minutes for adults, making it easier to fit into
your everyday life. Any activity that makes you breathe
slightly deeper and harder, and feel slightly warmer is 'moderate
intensity physical activity'.
This could be:
- Digging and gardening work
- Walking to work or school
- Stair climbing
- Playing badminton
- Kicking the ball around in the street
It can be any physical activity you like!
Navigating around the website
The Active Ashford website is easy to browse and navigate to
locate the information required on a range of subjects from club
information to the latest news stories on courses and events.
Ashford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Tannery Lane, Ashford TN23 1PL
Telephone: 01233 330232 Email: activeashford@ashford.gov.uk
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