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Free Exercise Classes On Zoom
In December and January, we’ll be hosting free online classes for older adults. Click to get the information and hop on a class.
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How Small CICs and Big Unis Can Work Together
6 years ago, we started working with Leeds Uni. We dive into how the relationship brings us both benefit, and question why more people aren't making use of local academic institutions.
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How Sports For Seniors Has Adapted Through Distance And Uncertainty
Pre-lockdown, we never expected to be Zooming our walking football team by the end of the year. Here's how we did it, and how you can too.
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Active Travel Schemes- A Help or Hindrance?
The Active Travel Neighbourhood Scheme is having wooden planters pop up across Leeds. Residents didn’t have a say before they were put in, but what do they think now they are in place?
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Getting Active and Online- Update!
New exercise content for our channel, working around restrictions and other news.
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need(ing Parks!)
Move aside Maslow, there’s a new theory in town: a run down of why parks are important & what we’re doing at YBY to make the most of them.
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COVID-19 Has Exposed and Amplified Existing Inequalities
It was a very interesting hour listening to experts from The Health Foundation discuss health inequality on Monday- at Your Back Yard we’ve got our ears on the ground to hear more from their inquiry into the pandemics impacts.
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Community Sport: Slimmer Waistlines, Fatter Wallets
Currently, society and the economy is trying to get back on its feet. But could physically getting on your feet be the answer to the financial and social strains?
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New Guidelines, New Obstacles for Sport
With COVID-19 continuing to loom over the nation, the government has put in stronger rules to stop social gatherings of more than 6. But what does this mean for outdoor sports and organisations like Your Back Yard?
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5 Ways to Kickstart Your Health From Home
Gyms, swimming pools and other facilities may be reopening again, but it’s understandable that you may be reluctant to head back so soon. Here’s our top 5 favourite fitness apps/ youtube channels.