ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Healthy Living Advocate project aims to recruit, train and develop a team of Healthy Living Advocates and promote opportunities for healthy living and active lifestyles within the Lundwood and Monk Bretton partnership areas.

We also aim to provide work based learning for Young People in Health, Sport, Youth and Community Involvement activities and increase training and learning opportunities in vocational health related qualifications as a means to access employment in the Health, Youth and Leisure sectors. The Health Advocates are employed by Priory Campus and opportunities are explored to secure advocates with placement opportunities with other organisations. The Health Advocates also gain experience from delivering physical activity sessions throughout the Lundwood and Monk Bretton area.

The intended outcome for the project are based around:
Y Recruitment of local Health Advocates
Y Increasing knowledge and skills of Health Advocates
Y Improving employment prospects of Health Advocates
Y Increasing capacity of physical activity coaches
Y Increasing the number of physical activity sessions delivered
Y Increasing local people participation in physical activity

PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES

Level 1 Award in Sports Leadership
The Healthy Living Team are now offering our first Level 1 Award in sports Leadership this course is aimed at younger participants aged 14-19 yrs who are not yet old enough to participate in the Level 1 Award in Community Sports Leadership. The first course started on 5th April 2006 all participants successfully passed the tutor led element of the course and are currently completing an hours voluntary leadership in the community.

Netball under 15 Team
On 12th May 2004 Linzi Banham (Community Sports Coach) and Claire Openshaw (Healthy Living co-coordinator) began their under 15 Netball sessions held at Priory School and Sports College where they demonstrate and develop Netball skills to the participants. The team now attracts over 20 members and has a ladies section that also attracts around 20 participants.

Priory School and Sports College Fitness suite
In 2001-2002 Priory School and Sports College started their fund-raising for the opening of their fitness suite. Over 300 people contributed by buying a brick to help fund the fitness suite equipment. The fitness suite opened in October 2004. As a thank you to the people that contributed, Priory School and Sports College and Healthy Living Barnsley (Lundwood and Monk Bretton) are offering free membership and free inductions to the fitness suite. The Healthy Living Team is now offering membership to anyone interested. The fitness suite will be open on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and will be supervised by a qualified gym instructor from the healthy living team.Alongside these sessions the Healthy Living Team also facilitate the delivery of Ladies Only Keep Fit and Mixed Badminton.

Fit For Life
The Healthy Living Advocates are working with Linzi Banham (Priory School Community sports coach) to develop a Fit For Life Programme. The programme is aimed at promoting life long participation in sport and physical activity by teaching children generic skills, which can be adapted to any sport. Each week 6 local primary schools are invited to bring pupils along to Priory School and Sports College to participate on this multi skills session.

St Helens Primary School
Every week 2 of the Healthy Living Advocates visit St Helens Primary School to deliver fun activity sessions. The sessions are based around ball games and teamwork and promote co-ordination, speed and agility.

Training and Qualifications
Alongside project delivery, Healthy Living Advocates are actively encouraged to aid their professional development by attending a variety of training courses and workshops. Previous courses have included Good Practice and Child Protection, Equity in Your Coaching, Coaching Disabled Performers and First Aid at Work along with a variety of level 1 & 2 coaching qualifications.

CONTACT DETAILS
Rebecca Bibbs
Local Access Point
351-351a Pontefract Road
Lundwood
Barnsley
S71 5HS
tel 01226 215192
email rebecca@priory-campus.co.uk

More Healthy Living Barnsley projects: Forge Arts for Health Hoyland Milton, Hoyland Rockingham & Tankersley Parish; Healthy Living Grimethorpe Grimethorpe, Shafton & Brierley; Royston 'Bridging the Gap' Project Royston & Carlton; V4 Health Matters Darfield, Great Houghton, Little Houghton, Billingley & Middlecliffe; Worsbrough Family Health Project Worsbrough, Worsbrough Common, Worsbrough Bridge; Healthy Living Advocate Initiative Lundwood & Monk Bretton; Penistone Healthy Living and Active Lifestyles Project Penistone East & West; Roundhouse Young People's Project Roundhouse (Athersley, New Lodge and Smithies)