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ActiveWestminster Awards Winners of 2023

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ActiveWestminster Awards Winners of 2023

The Awards night took place last Friday 17 November.
Thank you everyone who attended, you made it a very special evening, full of excitement, emotion and fun.
 
The winners of the 2023 Active Westminster Awards are:
 
Thanks also to our wonderful host Qasa Alom https://qasaalom.co.uk/ and special guest Bianca Williams (British Athlete).
 
Also special thanks to Marilyn Laban (Winner of the Dance Westminster 2023) who performed a fantastic opening dance with song Icky.
 
Well done everyone to all the winners and finalists! It was a great night. 

Highlights of the night

Awards 2023
Ebony Steel Band
Qasa Alom
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St. Mary’s Bryanston Square CofE School
Yiannis
Chelsea & Westminster Swim Club
Felix Thomis
Staff Awards
Caxton Youth Organisation
Yinanis
Charlotte Thomas-Rowe

ActiveStreets Programme – Opening Up Our Streets for Play and Community Life

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ActiveStreets Programme - Opening up our streets for play and community life

The impact of opening up streets for children to play and for the community to get together has shown to build a higher sense of trust and belonging, allowing people of all ages and walks of life to connect with each other and lead active, healthy and happy lives.

With this in mind, the Active Streets Programme is a key strategy commitment of The Active Streets Programme is a key strategy commitment of our ActiveWestminster Strategy that aims to  improve the health and wellbeing of residents and visitors across the city, by making physical activity more accessible for everyone. In addition, the programme is part of our Open Spaces and Biodiversity strategy and consists of three types of Active Street which as a Westminster resident or local school, you can apply to host.

The programme overall aims to open up residential streets across Westminster for play, creating space for physical activity right on your doorstep and increasing the number of people who know their neighbours. Play Streets, regular Street Play and School Streets sessions enable active travel and improve air quality.

Active Street Programm

Learn more about the programme and the process you must follow on our dedicated page ActiveStreets.

Official Opening of the Jubilee Community Leisure Centre on Friday 10th November 2023

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Westminster City Council, in partnership with Everyone Active, officially opens brand-new leisure centre with fantastic facilities that are more accessible to all

We are giving schools a dedicated opening from 12pm-1.45pm where teachers and children can explore all the leisure centre has to offer, including athletics, taekwondo and football.

From 2pm-5pm, everyone in the community will have a chance to join in some free activities, or just drop in to check out the facilities. 

Free activities available on the day:

  • Information on community activities with community champions (Health and Wellbeing)
  • Basketball
  • Health checks with the Exercise On Referral Teams
  • Circuit class
  • Badminton
  • Table tennis
  • African Yoga

There is something for everyone!!

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change places facilities

The leisure centre is run by Everyone Active in partnership with Westminster City Council, featuring a fantastic three-court sports hall where you can participate in activities ranging from 5-a-side football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, netball, badminton and table tennis.

The community studio offers affordable access for community groups and local residents to organise group exercise classes, events, community meetings, children’s parties and soft play. Hour-long sessions are available, helping boost heart rates to keep participants healthy and happy while increasing strength and agility.

Additionally, the facility has a private exercise consultation room for the Physical Activity Referral Scheme (PARS), where healthcare practitioners can refer patients to get a personalised exercise plan to assist with chronic health issues. 

The leisure centre offers a ‘changing places’ space allowing users with complex disabilities and their carers to fully adapt to their needs. 

Everyone’s welcome!

Find out more on Jubilee Community Leisure Centre website

Jubilee Community Leisure centre
22 Lancefield Street, London W10 4NW
0203 3761762

 

ActiveWestminster Awards 2023 – Shortlisted Finalists

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The Active Westminster Awards 2023 - Shortlisted Finalists

The ActiveWestminster Awards 2023 recognise those who change lives through their outstanding contribution to physical activity, leisure and sport.

We received over 300 nominations from residents for the awards, only possible thanks to everyone who took the time to recognise the hard work of inspiring people and organisations across Westminster.

The shortlisted finalists have been invited to the awards ceremony taking place on Friday 17 November at Porchester Hall where the winners will walk away with some great prizes donated by our sponsors.

This year’s shortlisted finalists

Inclusive Award

Paul Davis – Pro Touch Soccer Academy

One Westminster Learning Disability Volunteering Project

Queen Mother Sports Centre

Rewarding and Celebrating Diversity Award

Caxton Youth Organisation

Hurdles2Hoops

Aimee Pickering

Change4Life Award

Renegades Netball Club

London Capital FC

Aya Kassem – Hurdles2Hoops

OneYou Award

Paula Andrea – Fun4Over50’s

Hurdles2Hoops

Tess Jelen – Breath Easy; Fit for Life

Active Place or Space Award

Moberly Sports Centre

The Porchester Centre

Paddington Recreation Ground

Queen Mother Leisure Centre

PE & School Sports Award

St Marys Bryanston Square

Queens College Preparatory School

St Augustine’s High School

Club or Coach of the Year Award

Chelsea & Westminster Swim Club

Connor Bagenal

Francis Almeida; Green House Sports

Sports Personality of the Year

Felix Thomis

Edward Whittles

Niloufar Rezaei

The Lord Mayor of Westminster Unsung Hero Award, In memory of Mariam Sabir

Charlotte Thomas – Rowe – Hurdles2Hoops

Abdul Aziz Toki

Yunus Ahmed

Good luck to all the finalists and thank you again to everyone who submitted a nomination.

For more information, please visit the main ActiveWestminster Awards page on the Westminster website.

The new Jubilee Community Leisure Centre opens on Wed 20th Sep

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The new Jubilee Community Leisure Centre opens today Wednesday 20th Sep 2023

Westminster City Council, in partnership with Everyone Active, opens its door of the brand-new leisure centre with fantastic facilities for the community 

Appealing to people of every age, gender and fitness level, it features a massive three-court sports hall with activities like 5-a-side football, while the community studio caters for group exercise classes and children’s parties.

The private exercise consultation room (for the Physical Activity Referral Scheme) enables healthcare practitioners to refer patients for personalised exercise regimens to assist with chronic health issues.

Customer platform lifts and a ‘changing places’ space allow users with complex disabilities and their carers to fully adapt to their needs.

Come along and we will show you around!

Everyone’s welcome!

Jubilee Community Leisure centre
22 Lancefield Street
W10 4NW
020 3376 1762

 

 

Sunday 27th August last day to apply for Round Two of the Network Funding

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Sunday 26th February last day to apply for Round 1 of the Network Activity Project Funding

Don’t miss the chance to submit your online application for funding before the fast approaching deadline next Sunday by 11:59. 

TheActiveWestminster Network partners are invited to submit a proposal for funding support of up to £1000 to support the development or upscaling of a health and wellbeing physical activity community project.

This is what you need to know for Round One:

Applications Commence: Monday 31st July 2023
Submission Deadline: Sunday 27th August 2023
Project Delivery From: October 2023 – March 2024

It’s important to know that the borough is divided into three network areas: North, South and Central. We have received many applications for North and Central but not so many from the South sections, so we are encouraging any interested partners in the South to apply.

Network Areas Map

Find out the criteria and the process on our dedicated page