The Active Wellbeing Society

🔔 For all #Essex based voluntary and community organisations, Discovery Days are a great way to share ideas and best practice, as well as build stronger partnerships through collaboration and networking. 🤝 Join ATF | Achieve Thrive Flourish and Your Essex Community at Northlands Primary School, next Wednesday evening. #vcs #essex #youressexcommunity #basildon

💬 "It wasn't just about getting the bike, it was about the groups you that you went out with... The mental health side is just as big as the physical health side." 🚴 Essex Pedal Power began in 2021 as a Free Bikes scheme and community cycling initiative providing bikes, cycle training, maintenance support, and volunteering opportunities to people in living in underserved communities. The programme exists to: 📈 Increase cycling participation 💚 Improve the health and wellbeing of local people 🌍 Increase sustainable travel through cycling 💼 Increase employability and improve the local economy 🧩 Create resilience and connectedness in local communities 🧡 Hear directly from recipients and volunteers about the impact Essex Pedal Power has had on their lives. 🔗 Find out more about Essex Pedal Power: https://bit.ly/3ZqcOUW 📝 Read our latest report on Free Bikes schemes: https://bit.ly/47MRPPn

☁️ Join us this weekend for insightful discussions and workshops about clean air and public health. 💬 Discover the latest trends in air quality, hear from passionate local experts, and learn how to meaningfully engage with both media outlets and local decision makers on the topic of air pollution in our communities. 👋 Whether you are directly impacted by air quality, a health enthusiast, environmental advocate, or simply curious about air pollution in our city, this conference is perfect for you! ✏️ Register today: https://lnkd.in/eAh7wc8h #BirminghamHealthyAirCoalition #BHAC | Healthy Air Coalition

I’m delighted to be speaking at a COP30 side event in Belém on “Ensuring Nutritious and Safe Food for All: Building Climate-Resilient Community Food Systems in Birmingham.” 🌍🥦 . See event flyer below - I’ll be sharing how Birmingham City Council, the University of Birmingham and our wider partners are working with community food projects and businesses to: *strengthen food safety and nutrition in the community food sector, *support food justice and dignity for residents, and *reduce food waste as part of a more climate-resilient urban food system. This work draws on Birmingham’s Food System Strategy, The Food Justice Network, and The Active Wellbeing Society and connects directly to SDGs 2, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 17. I’m looking forward to learning from other cities and partners who are tackling similar challenges at the intersection of climate, health and inequality. Project funded by Food Safety Research Network (https://lnkd.in/eByDCQiS) If you’re also working on community food, food safety or urban climate resilience, I’d love to connect and share experiences. 💬 See link to the guideline produced - https://lnkd.in/e7yfcxyb Contributors- Leticija Petrovic, Dr Taghi Miri, FIFST, Sarah Newton, Rosemary (Rosie) H Jenkins, Vicky Hemming, Florence Cadge, Paulius Armanavicius #COP30 #BISCA #FoodSystems #FoodSafety #ClimateResilience #FoodJustice #Birmingham #SustainableCities #SDGs #UniversityOfBirmingham #BirminghamCityCouncil Quadram Institute #FSRN

Secure Your Funding Success! Don't miss the Fundraising and Small Grants Workshop on Wednesday 19th! It's vital training for Essex voluntary and community organisations on how to secure grants under £20k and write winning applications. 📆 Date: 19/11/2025 ⏰ Time: 09:30 – 12:30 📍Location: Everyone Active – King George’s Playing Fields, 1-3 Hartswood Pavilion, Brentwood CM13 2FD For more information and to secure your spot go to - https://lnkd.in/e257iNud Your Essex Community  Maldon and District CVS  Active Essex  ATF | Achieve Thrive Flourish  The Active Wellbeing Society

💚 A lovely video of our Jaywick Share Shack opening from Tendring District Council! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us on the day. We look forward to seeing more of the Jaywick community in the coming months.

"The session has not only improved my physical and mental wellbeing, it has also allowed me to make new social connections, all whilst rediscovering the thing I love, riding my bike." 🚵 Derek fell in love with cycling at the age of 10. Now, in his 60s, he leads a group of new cycling enthusiasts on a regular ride around Tipton turning his passion for cycling into a way to support his community through activity and wellness. 🤝 People like Derek are how we build sustainable, community-led activity that lives beyond initial investment and facilitation. Derek has also completed his run and walk leader training, and is looking forward to starting Men's Mental Health walks with #Sandwell mental health team. 📰 Read his story here: https://lnkd.in/eW6p_6qp

🪙 For every £1 invested, Free Bikes schemes can deliver up to £16 Social Return on Investment (SROI). 🚴 Our latest report, authored by Volterra Partners LLP, shows how providing a free bike and community-led support to people in underserved communities can transform their health, social and economic outcomes. 📖 Read more: https://bit.ly/47MRPPn

🍎 Our work at Birmingham Wholesale Market brings together sustainability and food security by taking surplus produce and transforming it into free, nutritious meals for people in need. 💬 Research consortium, Mandala, visited our unit at the wholesale markets to discuss our work - and how they're using it as a case study to evaluate surplus food redistribution across the region. 🤔 To find out more, contact our Head of Food, Vicky: vicky.hemming@theaws.org