HOME ABOUT US OUR WORK OUR IMPACT SUPPORT US TRAININGNEWS NETWORK WEBSITE SCROLL Healthier TACKLING INACTIVITY HOLIDAY HUNGER MENTAL HEALTH YOUTH SOCIAL PRESCRIBING Tackling Inactivity It's estimated that physical inactivity costs the UK economy almost £7.5 billion per year, with a whopping 1 in 6 deaths now being linked to long-term inactivity. As a youth sports and community development charity, StreetGames fully understands the need for greater physical activity, particularly amongst young people. To achieve this goal, StreetGames employs a wide variety of specialist, trend-setting and research-backed programmes. For more information on each, please follow the links below. Us Girls A double award-winning programme, Us Girls is designed to increase and sustain young women’s participation in sport and physical activity within some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities. Safe, Fit and Well Join the programme that’s winning the battle against poor wellbeing - through fun, fitness and sport! StreetGames’ Safe, Fit and Well has already generated a whopping £2,390 of social value for every single participant! It’s even better value for cluster organisations! Fit And Fed StreetGames’ innovative Fit and Fed campaign offers fun physical activities and nutritious, healthy meals, to some of society’s most vulnerable young people. Coca-Cola GB ParkLives with StreetGames ParkLives with StreetGames provides participants with the opportunity to access parks in their local community through engagement in a variety of sports and physical/ wellbeing activities over a 16 to 20 week period. Doorstep Sport StreetGames' flagship programme - Doorstep Sport is an innovative sporting offer that bypasses many of the traditional barriers to activity amongst young people in poverty. Let's Get Physical Let's Get Physical is an award-winning sports, activity and weight management programme aimed at young people aged 5-15. Holiday Hunger Child poverty is increasing all across the UK, with 1 in 3 young people now in serious danger of malnutrition. For those most at risk, the school holidays often present the greatest challenge, with 3 million children currently facing the triple threat of holiday hunger, inactivity and social isolation. The numbers of young people at risk are as surprising as they are upsetting. In some areas, the numbers of children living in poverty have increased by more than 10% in just two years. 60% of families earning less than £25,000 can’t always afford food during the holidays. Families earning less than £15,000 describe their food situation as a ‘constant struggle’. Find out StreetGames' Fit and Fed campaign can help. Fit and Fed StreetGames’ innovative Fit and Fed campaign offers fun physical activities and nutritious, healthy meals, to some of society’s most vulnerable young people. Newcastle's Best Summer Ever 2020 ‘Newcastle’s Best Summer Ever’ is a holiday activity scheme aimed at supporting children and young people living in the city through a combination of sport, play and nutritious meals. The project brought together more than 70 local partners to empower more young people than ever before to remain Fit and Fed through the summer. Mental Health StreetGames is proud to support the push for greater mental health awareness and first aid training, in the youth and community sports sector and beyond. StreetGames is a member of the Young People's Health Partnership, a signatory to the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation, and a key provider of the Youth Mental Health First Aid course - including StreetGames' pledge to train a further 3,000 sports coaches (as part of a national target of 21,000) by 2021. StreetGames believes that mental health is just as important to a person's overall wellbeing as their physical health, particularly amongst children and young adults. Half of all long-term mental illness experienced in adulthood starts by the age of 15, with three quarters of these issues appearing by 18. 21 by 21 Campaign The aim of #21by21 is to ensure that sports coaches and volunteers have the three core skills needed to protect the people they work with: first aid, safeguarding and mental health awareness. Safe, Fit and Well Join the programme that’s winning the battle against poor wellbeing - through fun, fitness and sport! StreetGames’ Safe, Fit and Well has already generated a whopping £2,390 of social value for every single participant! It’s even better value for cluster organisations! Mental Health First Aid Interventions, such as Mental Health First Aid, are both evidence-based and cost-effective, and will allow your organisation to make a vital contribution to the health of the local population. Youth Social Prescribing Social Prescribing - the means by which people of all ages can find their way into local, wellbeing-boosting initiatives, with the help of a link worker, or community navigator - is now thriving, and delivering fantastic results for people all over the UK. Traditionally used to help adults and older adults find non-medical ways of combating loneliness and stress, social prescribing has huge potential for young people too. 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