Links

These are useful links to organisations who either support Go4Life or have information to help you live a healthy and active livestyle.   

• Active Clubs - a national programme designed to encourage more children and young people to take part in physical activity
• Active Mendip - enjoy everything the Mendip Hills has to offer
• Active Places - allows you to search for sports facilities anywhere in England
• Age UK
• Avon and Somerset Police
• Avon Youth Association - helping young people acheive their potential
• Awards for All - a lottery grants scheme for local communitites
• BBC Disability Sport
• BBC’s recipe section - for recipe ideas 
• Beat - for help with eating disorders 
• Better by Bike - for information about cycle routes
• Bikeability - the modern cycling proficiency
• Bristol International Airport
• Bristol Union and South Glos Union of Disability Sport (BUDS and SUDS)  
• British Heart Foundation including:
  •  BHF National Centre for physical activity and health - young people
  • CBHF - fun, interactive site with cool recipes and games to help you keep your heart health
  • Think Fit

• Buggyfit - an innovative session for mums and their buggies
• Business Link - a free business advice and support service
• Cancer Research UK - the UK's leading charity dedicated to cancer research
• Change4Life - a society-wide movement to encourage people to eat better and move more
• Child Protection in Sport Unit
• Citizen’s Advice Bureau
• CTC - the UK's national cyclists' organisation
• Department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) 
• Department of Health
• Diabetes UK - the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes
• DisabledGo - an international disabled access site with links to hundreds of other key organisations
• Eatwell - by the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
• English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) 
• Environment Agency
• Everyday Swim
• Fit as a Fiddle - by Age UK
• Fitness Industry Association (FIA)
• Forestry Commission - Active Woods
• Global Advocacy for Physical Activity (GAPA)
• Healthy Eating including healthy cooking  
• Healthy Start- supported by the NHS
• Healthy Weight for Children Hub
• Inclusive Fitness - working with leisure centres to get more facilities for disabled users
• Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA) 
• Later Life Training - aims to provide specialist, safe and effective exercise training for people working with vulnerable adult populations
• London 2012 - the Olympics 
• Long Distance Walkers Association
• MIND - for better mental health
• Mind, Exercise, Nutrition ... Do it! (MEND) -dedicated to reducing global childhood overweight and obesity levels
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 
• National Obesity Forum - for healthcare professionals
• National Osteoporosis Society
• Natural England
• NDCS challenges - charity challenge events
• NHS 5 a day - advice on eating fruit and vegetables
• NHS Choices - visit the Live Well section and the healthy weight calculator
• NHS Direct
• North Somerset Housing
• North Somerset NHS
• North Somerset Partnership
• North Somerset School Sports Partnership 
• Play England - the national organisation for play
• Ramblers Association
• Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs)
• Shape Arts - supports and raises awareness of disabled people in the arts 
• South West Public Health Observatory (SWPHO) - collects, monitors and analyses data to improve the health of the poulation in the South West
• Sport and Recreation Alliance - the national alliance of governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation
• Sports Coach UK - a charitable organisation and is the lead agency for development of the UK Coaching System
• Stroke Association
• Sustrans - the sustainable transport charity 
• Swimathon
• Swimfit
• Take life on - by the Scottish Government
• Take to the streets – events that motivate you to become more active    
• Think Vegetables - for ideas of what to do with vegetables
• UK Sports - leading the UK to sporting excellence 
• UKTV Food - for recipe ideas
• Walk England 
• Walk To School Initiative
• Walking for Health
• Walks with buggies
• Walks with Wheelchairs - summarises different walks that are suitable for wheelchair users
• WESPORT - the West of England Sport Trust including their database of local activities
• Weston Churches Together
• Weston College
• Weston Sports Aerobics
• Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF)
• Youth Sports Trust

For more information about healthy and active lifestyles contact our Go4Life team.