Health & Wellbeing of Adults Newsletter January 2026
Everyday Active
Everyday Active was launched in 2020 following extensive community consultation and engagement by Active Kent & Medway. The website everydayactivekent.org.uk is central to the campaign and highlights the wide range of inclusive and accessible opportunities that are available across the county, for anyone looking to start moving more in their everyday life.
Resources
To help spread the word about Everyday Active and encourage more people to become more active, we’ve produced some Everyday Active posters, postcards and z-fold cards which are free and available to all. Perhaps you’d like to display a poster in your workplace or local community hall? Your local GP Surgery, Library or supermarket?
You can download our resources to print yourself or fill in our order form and we’ll post hard copies out to you. We also have digital screen versions available. Email activekent@kent.gov.uk and we can discuss your requirements.
Follow this link to access free resources
Free Everyday Active Workshops
The Everyday Active Workshop is for anyone wanting to improve their knowledge and understanding of the benefits of physical activity, to feel confident about having conversations with others to help get more people, more active across Kent and Medway. Join us online for one of our FREE workshops:
- Wednesday 22 April 2026, 10:00 – 11:00
- Thursday 2 July 2026, 12:30 – 13:30
- Tuesday 10 November 2026, 14:00 – 15:00
All are welcome to attend. We also offer bespoke closed workshops for organisations or teams.
Follow this link to book an Everyday Active Workshop
Latest Blog
Through our Everyday Active campaign, we like to publish personal stories and blogs to help motivate others to move more in ways that work for them. In our latest blog: Finding My Rhythm: How Movement Helps Me Manage My ADHD, Isobel explains how activities like walking in nature, dancing and yoga help her focus, boost her mood and manage her ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
Our blogs cover a wide range of topics from the joy of junior parkrun, the benefits of housework, through to mental health matters. Why not take a few minutes to have a read and discover something new today. If you or someone you know has a story to share, just email activekent@kent.gov.uk and one of the team will be in touch.
Kent & Medway NHS Wheelchair Service
Clive Bessant, Community Liaison and Engagement Officer at Ross Care recently delivered an insightful session on the NHS Kent & Medway Wheelchair Service to the Active Kent & Medway team. Clive shared information on the benefits of lived experience of physical disability at individual, organisational and societal levels.
“Lived experience is not just valuable perspective, it is essential expertise that improves quality, reduces inequality and creates fairer, more effective systems.” Clive Bessant
Active Kent & Medway will continue to work with Clive, service users and local activity providers to break down barriers, creating more opportunities for everyone to move more and feel the benefits of an active lifestyle.
Join the next Young Persons Group
Kent & Medway Wheelchair Service is inviting younger service users to their next Young Persons Group. If you or someone you know is under the age of 30 and would like to share their experience, the good and not so good, then please join them on Wednesday 18 February, 11:30 – 14:00 at Gillingham Service Centre, ME8 0NJ.
Guest speakers include Disability Assist, WetWheels, The Education People, Whizz-Kidz and more.
National Campaign Announcements
We Are Undefeatable
We Are Undefeatable has been awarded a further three years of funding from Sport England, supported by the National Lottery, to continue driving meaningful change in physical activity levels among people living with long term health conditions.
The campaign uses lived experience and tailored support tools to help people to move more. The funding will enable We are Undefeatable to be more integrated within the Richmond Group of Charities to achieve the shared goal of reducing inactivity. Alongside this, the Richmond Group will also be continuing their wider system influencing and policy work.
Swim England – Good Boost
Swim England has published the finding of Good Boost’s latest report. Good Boost is a health-tech organisation delivering personalised therapeutic exercise through AI technology. As a key partner in Swim England’s Water Wellbeing approach, Good Boost is being used as a pool-based programme to deliver safe, accessible and effective interventions for musculoskeletal and long-term health conditions.
The programme plays a central role in supporting the NHS 10 Year Plan to shift from treatment to prevention. Discover which pools across Kent and Medway offer the Good Boost programme.
Accessible & Inclusive Futures Webinars
Sport England in collaboration with Inclusive Employers, has announced three new topics in their webinar series exploring equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Each FREE session will equip attendees with the knowledge and tools to embed EDI best practices into their everyday work.
- Anti-Racism in Practice on 5 February 2026
- Women and Girls – Pregnancy and Maternity on 3 March 2026
- Understanding Neurodiversity on 22 April 2026
Winter Wellbeing, Healthier Choices
Release the pressure
Release the pressure is a free service for anyone who just wants to talk. Active Kent & Medway is proud to support the campaign delivered by Kent County Council and A Better Medway.
We invite local organisations across Kent and Medway to get behind this important and timely campaign. We’ve produced a campaign toolkit with editable posters, social media graphics and suggested posts to use in your own promotion of the campaign. If you would like to discuss this campaign in more detail or have any questions regarding the downloadable resources, please email activekent@kent.gov.uk.
One You Kent
‘Healthy changes start with little changes’ – that’s the message from the Better Health campaign, which is being supported by One You Kent services.
One You Kent can help you lose weight and get active with lots of free tools and support. You can also try the ‘How are You?’ quiz, access the Easy Meals app or the Active 10 app, find a local health walk and access the NHS 12-week diet and exercise plan, plus a referral form to speak to a One You Kent advisor.
A Better Medway
A Better Medway provides specialist support and advice as well as programmes and resources to help people living or working in Medway to improve their health and well-being.
Whether you’re looking to quit smoking, improve your mental health, lose weight, get active, find substance misuse support, and/or check your overall health, the Better Medway Team can help.
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