Find Your Active: Move For Your Mind brings about a new chapter from the successful Find Your Active campaign; a county-wide movement, inspiring people of all ages and abilities across the county to discover and enjoy ways to get moving – whether that be getting out in the garden, a short walk, social bike ride or a friendly game of football. It celebrates the fact that everyone can enjoy the huge benefits of moving more, it’s just about finding what’s right for you.
Building on that momentum, Find Your Active: Move For Your Mind, powered by Essex Public Health, brings a fresh lens to the initiative by highlighting the powerful connection between physical activity and mental wellbeing.
Find out more here: www.activeessex.org/find-your-active
Supporting Children and Young People
The Move With Us campaign is a youth-led initiative designed to boost physical activity among children and young people across Essex. It aims to empower young voices through its ambassador programme, promote inclusive local opportunities through tools like the activity finder, and celebrates inspiring role models known as ‘Move Makers’.
Find out more here: www.activeessex.org/move-with-us/
Supporting Workplaces
Find Your Active: Workplace Edition is aimed at boosting employee wellbeing and productivity through movement and mindfulness during the workday. Active Essex is working in partnership with Essex Working Well and the Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership to help encourage employers to integrate physical activity and wellness practices – like short walking breaks and flexible meeting formats – into daily routines.
Find useful links, resources and support here: https://www.activeessex.org/find-your-active/find-your-active-workplace-edition/
Funding Opportunities
The Find Your Active Fund continues for 2025-26, following a long-standing relationship between Active Essex and London Marathon Foundation. In line with Active Essex’s Find Your Active campaign, LMF is committed to supporting projects in Essex that inspire, encourage and champion participation and diversity in physical activity. The overall aim is to create a society in which everyone is physically active, contributing to their health and wellbeing.
- Small Grants – for organisations who provide suitable physical activity and sports programmes for individuals looking to increase their activity levels and meeting our operational standards.
Find out more here: https://www.activeessex.org/find-your-active/small-grants-fund/
- Places and Spaces – to develop community assets to create greater opportunities for physical activity. This fund can support Essex local authority area projects that help currently inactive residents to lead active and healthy lives and allow for more inclusive opportunities to take place.
Find out more here: https://www.activeessex.org/find-your-active/the-places-and-spaces-fund/
- Development Grant -designed to support the development needs of your organisation – whether that’s improving internal processes, investing in staff, enhancing governance, or building long-term resilience.
Find out more here: https://www.activeessex.org/find-your-active/fund/development-grant/
- Essex Cycle Grant – helps local organisations encourage more people to cycle, which can range from those needing support learning to ride or accessing a bike, to those who’re more confident wanting to explore more of Essex on two wheels.
Find out more here: https://www.activeessex.org/health-wellbeing/active-environments/essex-cycle-grant/
Morning and lunchtime bitesize online workouts
Join Active Essex’s free, live Zoom sessions for a quick 15-20 minute workout each day, designed to boost your mood and keep you moving. You can add the sessions directly to your Outlook using this link. Details below:
Monday’s 8.50am-9.05am Lindsey – Move and Stretch Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 857 0196 5702
Passcode: 423831
Tuesday’s 12:00 – 12:20pmwith Chloe Townsend – Lunchtime Energiser Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 814 4506 9587
Passcode:120360
Wednesday’s 08.50-9.05amam with Lindsey Abbott – Move and Stretch Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 892 1546 1662
Passcode: 217409
Thursday’s 08.45-9.055 am with Chloe Townsend – Total Tone Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 827 8479 3503
Passcode: 742214
NB no class on 25th September
Friday’s 08.50 – 09:05 am with Lindsey Abbott – Move and Stretch Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 895 3599 6545
Passcode: 369541
