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We want to make Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland the most sporting and physically active place in England by 2025. Working with partners we want to provide physical activity opportunities to encourage people to move more often.

Physical Activity: The Facts

How much physical activity should you be doing?

The Chief Medical Officer has released a number of guidelines on the amount of physical activity we should be doing throughout our lifecourse.

Early Years (Under 5’s)
Early Years (Under 5’s capable of walking)
Children and Young People (5-18 years)
Adults (19-64 years)
Older Adults (65+ years)

Why should you be doing physical activity?

Health Benefits: prevention and control of numerous illnesses, helps to maintain strong and healthy bones/joints/muscles, helps with weight control.
Social Benefits: meet new people, take up a new hobby, do activities with your friends and family.
Wellbeing Benefits: improve your mood, improve your confidence, reduce stress, gain more self esteem.

Making the Case for Physical Activity in Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland

Activity Search Tool

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Gold Challenge

The charity challenge where you take on Olympic or Paralympic sports to raise money for charity. Choose one of three fantastic challenges and be part of the excitement around London 2012!

Gold Challenge can help us to increase participation in sport and enable local people to be part of London 2012.

Find out more at www.lrsport.org.uk/goldchallenge

Further Information

To find out more information about physical activity programmes and activities that are taking place in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland then please look through the pages in this section.

Contact2 For general enquiries regarding physical activity please contact the Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport Physical Activity Team on: