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Jersey Sport continue to support islanders from babies to seniors to Move More this summer!

Summer is here and Jersey Sport have a wide range of fitness activities on offer to get islanders of all ages moving more to improve their mental and physical health.

On offer this summer is:

• Move More Toddler Play – available throughout year
• Move More Water Play – available throughout year
• Move More Buggy Walks – available throughout the summer
• Move More Story Time Yoga – available throughout the summer
• Summer Holiday Children’s Activities – 22 July – 30 August
• Move More RunTogether Teenage Couch to 5K – starting 9 July
• Move More Ability – available throughout year
• Cycle Without Limits – available throughout year
• Move More Introduction to Open Water Swimming for Adults – fully booked
• Move More Adult Learn to Ride – starting 9 July
• Move More Sofa to Saddle – starting 20 August
• Move More Walks – available throughout year

Jersey Sport is a charity on a mission to inspire, lead and enable positive wellbeing for all through lifelong engagement with sport and physical activity.

Elliot Powell, Head of Sport and Physical Activity at Jersey Sport said: “Move More Jersey is an initiative by Jersey Sport to get more islanders moving, more often. Through our wide range of physical activity programmes, we’re able to support islanders of all ages and abilities to become more active to benefit their mental and physical health. From babies to adults in their nineties, whether it’s walking, cycling, running or swimming you prefer, we have something for everyone! Our aim is to create pathways for more islanders to realise the benefits of being active and take up a new sport. Every programme is run by dedicated, trained leaders and supported by our friendly volunteers who give up their free time to help others. They are all amazing and greatly support everyone to achieve their fitness goals.”

Free Move More Toddler Play and Water Play sessions are available for crawling babies to children aged three years old, taking place daily at various locations across the island, and now also offering Story Time Yoga sessions for toddlers and adults. The sessions are designed for children and their siblings to have fun and encourage everyone to be more active through play.

Move More Buggy Walks are a free fun way for mums, dads, grandparents and carers to meet new people, chat and share experiences as they take their children on an easy buggy walk. They take place along buggy friendly routes around the island and last for about an hour. To find out more and view the timetables for all the toddler activities, please visit: www.movemore.je/move-more-toddlers

From 22 July, Jersey Sport are offering a wide range of sporting activities to keep children entertained and active over the summer holidays. Choose from multi-sport camps at Langford and Les Quennevais for children aged 5-11 years old, a variety of cycling training courses for children in school years 1-6, including Learn to Ride for children in school years 1 and 2, plus swimming for children aged 4-8 years old. There’s plenty of sports for children to enjoy! For full details, please visit: www.jerseysport.je/children-activities/summer-holidays-2024

Jersey Sport are running a new free RunTogether Couch to 5K programme for Teens in school years 7-11 to support those wishing to take part in Run for Kezia on Sunday 15 September. Participants will learn to run 5K in 9 weeks, starting 9 July.

Move More Ability is designed to get islanders with a disability active and improve their wellbeing. Jersey Sport offer Move More Ability Classes, Move More Ability Walks, Move More Boccia and a variety of inclusive cycling options at the Cycle Without Limits cycling centre, based behind the sports centre at Les Quennevais. All the details of the activities and how to register for each can be found at: www.movemore.je/move-more-ability

The 10-week Move More Introduction to Open Water Swimming for Adults takes place this summer and is already fully booked! The small group swim sessions for novice open water swimmers will be taking place in various locations across the island depending on the tides where swimmers will learn the basics of swimming in the sea and build upon their pool swimming ability.

For those adults that would like to learn to ride a bike, free Move More Learn to Ride sessions are available over a six-week course for beginners who can’t yet pedal a bike, or who are extremely unconfident riding a bike. It’s also a great way for to meet new people, and a great way to improve fitness. Move More Sofa2Saddle, starting 20 August for six weeks, is free for islanders who may know how to ride a bike, but need some support to feel more confident when riding. To find out more about the cycling courses available for adults, please visit: www.movemore.je/cycle-more

Going for a walk can make a huge difference to your health – even a short 10-minute brisk walk can get your heart pumping faster, making you feel more energetic and improving your mood. Breathing in fresh air will also give you a boost, both physically and mentally. With lighter summer evenings upon us, there’s no better time to get outside and enjoy a walk!

Move More Walks, led by friendly volunteers, are free group walks designed to provide support and encouragement to walk, along with the opportunity to meet some new people. Level 1 group walks are especially useful for those with lower physical ability or long-term health conditions. Walks start from a wide variety of locations across the island with convenient and accessible bus routes. To find out more and view the Move More Walking timetables, please visit: www.movemore.je/walk-more

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