Together Active

28/10/2026

How can those working in sport, fitness and leisure create environments that better support mental health and wellbeing?🧠

Our next FREE Safer Spaces, Stronger Minds event, delivered in partnership with Burton and District Mind, will explore this through two interactive workshops:

• Safe & Effective Practice for Mental Health within Physical Activity Settings

• Principles for Mental Health & Trauma-Informed Physical Activity

The sessions will cover recognising signs of mental health challenges, safeguarding, and the ways sport and leisure environments can positively and negatively affect wellbeing.

You will have time to reflect on your own practice and identify practical actions to help create safer, more inclusive spaces.

📅 Thursday 3rd December | 10:30am – 1pm
📍 Burton Albion Football Club, Burton upon Trent

A free lunch and complimentary tea and coffee are included.

This event forms part of Safer Spaces, Stronger Minds, our programme of free workshops and training supporting safer and more inclusive sport and leisure environments.

➡️Book your free place:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-health-awareness-workshop-for-sport-fitness-leisure-tickets-2003150225247

For more information, contact Alice at [email protected]

20/10/2026

What does movement look like for you? 💙

Our Movement Without Limits survey is now live, and we want to hear from women aged 16–34 living in Staffordshire or Stoke-on-Trent.

How does movement fit into your everyday life? What helps you be active, what gets in the way and what would you like to change?

You don’t need to be sporty or go to the gym. From walking and exercise to dancing in the kitchen, movement looks different for everyone. Whether you’re active or not, your experiences matter.

The survey includes trans women and anyone who identifies as a woman.

Your experiences will help inform our work and build understanding among local partners about how to make opportunities to be active feel safe, welcoming and somewhere you belong.

Have your say: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=kbk7adXWv06msZVa941xPS6Ev55z23xDjws3CIsPK91UREVNRDBTSlc3UUVRSTVNVktEMEFRN0xSNi4u

Know someone who could take part? Please share this or send it their way!

19/10/2026

🏏 A great opportunity to help shape the future of cricket in Staffordshire!

Staffordshire Cricket is recruiting a Chair to lead its board and support its work to make cricket more accessible, strengthen local clubs and create opportunities for more people to find their place in the game.

Interested, or know someone who could be a great fit? Find out more in the post below.

📅 Apply by Friday 30 October, 5pm.

🏏Applications are invited for the key role of Chair of Staffordshire Cricket.
Staffordshire Cricket is a company limited by guarantee and a UK registered charity. We exist to lead, inspire and influence the development and accessibility of recreational cricket in our county.

We are seeking a Chair to lead our board of trustees and directors into a new chapter in the proud history of the grassroots game in Staffordshire, building upon our reputation for developing talented cricketers, supporting a thriving club and league network and creating opportunities for people to access cricket and find their place in the game.

For more information, please follow the link below and if you would like more information or to speak to someone about this role, please email [email protected].

The closing date for this role is Friday 30th October at 5pm.

https://www.staffordshirecricket.co.uk/about/news/latest-news/chair_recruitment/

16/10/2026

Brilliant morning spent with the Time 4 Sport UK team! 💙

Today, we celebrated 15 families from Crescent Primary School completing the six-week Healthy Families, Healthy Futures programme, with an inflatable obstacle course, laser tag and archery!

One of the loveliest parts of the morning was seeing parents and children celebrate each other and how proud they were to receive their medals and certificates. It was a brilliant way to recognise everything they’ve worked on together across the programme. 🏅

Over the six weeks, families tried fun ways to get moving, picked up healthy eating tips and explored how to support their emotional wellbeing. Together, they set achievable family health goals and explored small changes to help build healthy habits that last.

We’ve been thrilled to support a programme that gives families time to learn, be active and have fun together, alongside practical ideas they can take into everyday life.

A huge thank you to all the families who took part and to Time4Sport for delivering such engaging sessions! It’s been a brilliant partnership, and we hope to have more opportunities to support more families in the future. 💙

15/10/2026

We’re now on Instagram! 👋💙

We’ll be sharing more of the people and partnerships behind Together Active, with a look at our work across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and opportunities to get involved.

Come and say hello, we’d love to connect with you there!

Follow us 👉 https://www.instagram.com/together_active_/

09/10/2026

⏰ Just 5 days to go until our Inclusion and Trust workshop!

What makes a sport or leisure space feel safe, welcoming and inclusive?

We're looking forward to welcoming Activity Alliance and LGBT Foundation, who will each be delivering an interactive workshop exploring how we can make our spaces better for everyone.

♿ Activity Alliance will explore creating inclusive environments for disabled people, including the importance of language and how to check and challenge.

🌈 LGBT Foundation will look at making sport and leisure spaces safer and more inclusive for LGBTQ+ people, with case studies to support discussion and learning.

📅 Wednesday 14th October | 10.30am - 1.00 pm
📍 YMCA North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3AE
🎟️ There's still time to book your place!

If you work in sport, fitness or leisure, come along, get involved and take away ideas to help make your spaces more inclusive.

🔗 Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusion-and-trust-workshop-for-sport-fitness-leisure-tickets-1999696834061?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*v2nzqq*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTEwNzE2NTI2Ni4xNzkxNTYxNDgw*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3OTE1NjE0NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3OTE1NjE0NzkkajYwJGwwJGgwJGRKUHBKQV9xVHctdWRtSW9Pc0k4VXF0SWNPTUFwN25NVVJn

09/10/2026

🧭 Looking for something different to do this weekend?

A great local opportunity from Potteries Orienteering Club! 🌳

Their Hem Heath event is taking place tomorrow and is open to beginners, families, walkers and runners!

With a range of courses available, it's a great chance to get outdoors and try something new! 💚

👇 Check out their post below for more information.

✨ HEM HEATH ✨
📅 Saturday 10th October
💻 Entries to our next event at Hem Heath are now OPEN.📖
https://www.potoc.org.uk/events/hem/?submit=1
📚 Event details are on the website: https://www.potoc.org.uk/events/hem/
🟢 Open to beginners, families, walkers & runners! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃🏽‍♂️

Walton Chasers Orienteering Club
Wrekin Orienteers South Yorkshire Orienteers Manchester and District Orienteering Club Deeside Orienteering Club Derwent Valley Orienteers Staffordshire Moorlands AC Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club
Leicestershire Orienteering Club Harlequins Orienteering

07/10/2026

⏰ One week to go!

What makes a leisure centre, gym or sports setting feel welcoming, inclusive and safe?

In just one week, we’ll be bringing people together for our free Inclusion and Trust workshop, part of our Safer Spaces, Stronger Minds series.

The workshop will explore the experiences and barriers that can affect whether people feel comfortable taking part in leisure, fitness and sport, and what we can do to build greater trust, inclusion and safer environments.

💬 What helps people feel welcome?
🚧 What can make someone feel excluded or uncomfortable?
🤝 What practical changes can help people feel they belong?

If you work or volunteer in leisure, fitness, sport or physical activity, this workshop is a chance to reflect, share ideas and take away practical learning for your own setting.

📅 14 October 2026 | 10.30am - 1.00 pm
📍 YMCA North Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3AE
🎟️ Free to attend

There’s still time to book your place and please share with anyone in your network who could benefit.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusion-and-trust-workshop-for-sport-fitness-leisure-tickets-1999696834061

07/10/2026

A fabulous evening spent with The Women’s Collective CIC in Burton-on-Trent. 💙🫶

Amie and Hannah were invited along to share more about the work of Together Active, including some of the upcoming events and opportunities available across East Staffordshire, such as our Inequalities Conference this November.

The evening was full of music, poetry, inspiring personal stories and conversations, alongside talks on dementia awareness and local nature workshops, all brought together with some delicious home-cooked food.

What really stood out was the atmosphere in the room. Women of different ages, backgrounds and beliefs came together to listen, share, support and uplift one another, creating such a positive and welcoming space.

A huge thank you to Gulsoom Aslam and the Burton Women’s Collective for inviting us and giving us the opportunity to share more about Together Active and the work happening locally.

We’re looking forward to joining you again at future events. 💙

Book now to sign up for our Inequalities Conference on the 12th November - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/east-staffordshires-inequalities-conference-tickets-2002639394338?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

27/09/2026

We’re so pleased to be celebrating National Boccia Day! 🤾💙

Over the last few years, we’ve been lucky enough to welcome Boccia England to a number of our events, including earlier this week as part of our latest Move Your Way festival.

Boccia is a brilliant inclusive sport, giving people of different ages, abilities and disabilities the chance to get involved.

For many pupils across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, our events are their first opportunity to give it a go and we want that first experience to lead to more.

That’s why we’re now working with Boccia England to help connect them with more local schools, creating more chances for young people to discover boccia and continue playing if they enjoy it.

A huge thank you to Boccia England for helping us introduce more young people to the sport and create more opportunities for them to get involved. 🙌