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GO Active Gold Helping rural villages become more active GO Active Gold encourages people in rural areas Bowls, Keep Fit Classes, Nordic age 60 and over, to live more active lifestyles, Walking, Pilates, Senior Circuits, by setting up more local physical activities that Table Tennis, Tai Chi, Tennis, Yoga, cater for all abilities. Zumba Gold

Our project goals are: Get involved: • to improve the physical and mental • if you are a coach or instructor looking wellbeing of older adults to set up new classes for older people • to encourage stronger community spirit • if you would like to join an Active Thinking by reducing loneliness and social isolation group in your area to help plan new activities through participation in our activities • if you would like to receive training to • to develop a sustainable physical volunteer at one of many activites activity programme through training and supporting more coaches and volunteers Why your was chosen:

With funding received from Sport , we have • We chose according to population employed rural Activators, to work in partnership with local size (approximately 500 - 3000 residents) communities to deliver a varied, inclusive and social physi- • Each parish has at least 100 cal activity programme. residents aged 60 and over • Many of the chosen parishes offered little or no appropriate physical pHYSICAL ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR older activities for older people adults per week • Aim to be active daily • 150 minutes of moderate intensity Our contact details: exercise - enough to increase your Tel: 01235 422226 breathing but able to talk OR [email protected] • 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise [email protected] - faster breathing making it difficult to talk • On two days a week do exercises that improve balance AND strength www.getoxfordshireactive.org/go-active-gold Page 2 Page 3 GO Active Gold chosen parishes in South and

• • • • Tiddington-with-Albury • • • • Watlington • • Whitchurch-on-Thames • Brightwell-cum-Sotwell • • • Appleton-with-Eaton • • Ashbury • • • • Buckland • Dorchester • • • Chilton • • Drayton • Forest Hill with • • • East • • • • Fyfield and • • Harwell • • with • Holton • • • • • • • • • Milton • • • • • Nuffield • • with • Steventon • Peppard • • Sandford-on-Thames • • • Uffington • South Stoke • Upton • • • Stanton St. John • 4 Page• • Wooton