Rural activities for more active lifestyles GO Active GOLD will offer support for people in Table Tennis, Golf, Bowls, Yoga, rural areas, age 60 and over, to live more active Pilates, Tai Chi, Senior Circuits, Keep lifestyles, by setting up more local physical Fit Classes, Nordic Walking, Dancing activities that cater for all abilities.

We have three clear aims: Get involved with GO Active GOLD if you are:

• Improve the physical and mental wellbeing of older • A local coach / activity instructor and interested in adults. delivering activities to older people • Develop a sustainable physical activity programme • A community champion who would be able to meet through training and supporting more coaches and up quarterly with the GO Active team to help steer the volunteers. project in your area • Encourage stronger community spirit by reducing • An enthusiastic individual who enjoys motivating loneliness and social isolation through participation others to be more active and possibly interested in in our programme. receiving a physical activity qualification

Project approach: Why your parish has been chosen:

With funding from Sport , we are employing Rural Activity • We chose parishes according to population size Coordinators to work with local community groups, Parish Councils, (approximately 500 - 3000 residents) sports clubs, charities, local leisure providers and instructors to • Each parish has at least 100 residents aged 60 and over deliver a varied, inclusive and social physical activity programme. • Many of the chosen parishes offered little or no appropriate physical activities for older people

pHYSICAL ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR older for more information, please contact adults per week the team or visit: • Aim to be active daily www.southoxon.gov.uk/gold • 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise - enough to increase your breathing but able to talk www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/gold OR • 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise - Tel: 01235 540367 faster breathing making it difficult to talk • On two days a week do exercises that improve [email protected] balance AND strength [email protected] Page 2 Page 3 GO Active GOLD chosen parishes in South and Vale of White Horse

• • • • • • Tiddington-with-Albury • • • • Watlington • Brightwell-cum-Sotwell • Whitchurch-on-Thames • • • • Appleton-with-Eaton • • Ashbury • • Blewbury • Dorchester • Buckland • • Childrey • • Chilton • Forest Hill with • Drayton • • East Challow • • East Hanney • • East Hendred • • Fyfield and Tubney • • Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor • Holton • Letcombe Regis • • Longcot • • Longworth • • Marcham • • Milton • • Shrivenham • • Stanford in the Vale • Nuffield • Steventon • with • Sunningwell • • Sutton Courtenay • Sandford-on-Thames • Uffington • • Upton • South Stoke • Watchfield • • West Hanney Page• Stanton 4 St. John