Active Link

Here’s a short clip of our co-founder @DrZoeWilliams talking to our Active Link project mentor @DunneCallam about being a mentor in Pupil Referral Unit. For the full video head over to our Instagram page or watch on our YouTube channel Fit4Life CIC

Meet Marie Gentles OBE, one of our Trustees. Having worked in both primary schools & a PRU as a Headteacher, Marie has been awarded an OBE for services to education. You may recognise Marie from the BBC documentaries, Don’t Exclude Me & Helping our Teens.

Meet Tessa, one of our amazing Trustees. Tessa is an Assistant Headteacher and Special Educational Needs Coordinator in a large Community school in East London. Tessa is passionate about using an inclusive, empowering approach to helping young people achieve their best😀

Introducing Michael, one of our fantastic Trustees. Michael is an established business owner, author & mentor with over 20 years’ experience who has spent 10 years volunteering in a youth offenders prison helping young people improve their life skills & forward thinking mindset.

Super proud to share & celebrate this video of some of the young people we have been working with over the last few years. They’ve all come such a long way and thriving. The power of co-creation, mentoring and physical activity at its finest. Full video we.tl/b-hJQp5fEHvI

Super proud to share and celebrate a short video of some of the young people we have been working with over the last few years. They’ve all come such a long way and thriving. The power of co-creation, mentoring and physical activity at its finest. youtu.be/9ef_celzR4s?si…

Introducing Active Link. The same charity, with the same charitable purpose, we just have a new name. In line with our charity principles of co-creation, the name derives from a project co-created by the young people we worked with at @COBSPRU

Half term doesn’t mean our work stops, for us this is a great time to check in, not only with our young people but the families too. Our mentors have been out completing doorstop visits & providing the young people with Dream Big journals. How many stars can we help to shine⭐️

@DunneCallam @MadBirmingham @Keir_Starmer @labour Amazing Callam. Your passion for your work and helping young people always shines through.

Proud moment for myself and the @MadBirmingham team to talk about how we support young people in Birmingham @Keir_Starmer @labour new year speech.

The schools maybe closed for Christmas but that doesn’t mean our work stops. Our mentors Ken & Eudina have been delivering well-being door step visits with the young people on our Active Link project providing Christmas treats 🎄

📢 The first of many key milestones for the young people on our Active Link programme, they’ve hit the 10 week mark meaning certificates and a reward day 🎉

When 4 women connect over a shared passion watch the magic happen. Baby Lisbon joining his first F4L meeting too.The team met with Marie Gentle, a behaviour advisor who you may recognise from BBC documentary ‘Don’t Exclude Me’Watch this space for exciting news in the New Year🥳

@delvic99 @COBSPRU @Strike9Training @DrZoeWilliams @SteveHowell30 Thank you for your kind words Dele. We're looking forward to collaborating on more projects to inspire more young people.

@fit4lifecic @COBSPRU @Strike9Training @DrZoeWilliams @SteveHowell30 Thanks for hosting us today @fit4lifecic,the 2 coaches delivering the session today gained valuable experience and insight from you into school provision.

A real treat today for the young people on our Active Link programme @COBSPRU meeting the inspirational Dele Adebola. Dele & his team from @Strike9Training delivered a session & it’s fair to say the young people loved it. A big thank you to Dele and his team for supporting us.

We’re building quite a team of change makers! We're excited to introduce our new Development Officer, Krystal. Krystal uses her passion for writing to give young people a voice to tell their narrative. Krystal is committed to helping young people secure the future they deserve 👏

Introducing Ken who has joined us as one of our mentors. Ken has over 35 years’ experience working with young people in a variety of environments from youth offending to secure units. Ken has a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate🥋and tells us his table tennis skills are on point 🏓

This week is volunteers week, a time to celebrate and thank those that give up their time to make a difference.  We'd like to say a special thank you to our very own volunteer Tom. Tom has made such a positive impact on the work we do. Thank you Tom #VolunteersWeek

We’re super excited to introduce Eudina, our new Senior Youth Engagement Officer, leading on our Active Link Up project in Birmingham. Eudina has been working to improve the lives of vulnerable young people for many years and is looking forward to continuing this work with us.

We’ve been working with the young people @COBSPRU & seen some great engagement & positive outcomes so far. Through the work of our amazing Active Link Up mentors, two young people are now participating in boxing clubs after school & another is about to embark on a bike workshop

We're thrilled to hear that #schools in #London will benefit from £1m of support to open their facilities outside school hours, to help #youngpeople be more active. @LondonSport will distribute grants to schools with high %'s of pupils on free school meals, & pupils with SEND.

We agree with @WHO that health is a right not a privilege. It’s time to build a fairer healthier world for everyone everywhere #WorldHealthDay