Exciting opportunity for young people and their families to join our FREE sporting activities to help them improve their health, fitness and mental wellbeing during the school mid-term holidays. We provided them with exercise and fitness sessions to keep them active, mixing a range of sporting activities from football, basketball, tennis, bowling, badminton and much more to provide a fun way to get people active and engaged in positive physical activities to support health. Ellis, regular and active participant said “it’s been a great day to be away from home and reunite with friends in...

“I ride my bike to school every day and have sometimes experienced some minor bike challenges with no clue on how to fix it. Being on this training workshop today has greatly helped me gain some valuable skills on bike maintenance”. Participants today at the Leeds Bike Mill. Learn to Fix – Free Adult Bicycle Maintenance Workshop! Want to learn how to fix your own bike? You’ve come to the right place! We’re offering a FREE Learn to Fix bike maintenance workshop that will provide you with basic maintenance skills to look after your bike. Learn how to perform a full safety check...

Another weekend of exciting cycling at the Cross Flatts Park in Beeston, Leeds. Well like to thank all those who take part and made the day a success. If you’re interested in joining one of our sessions, don’t hesitate to contact us on; Call/Text/WhatsApp: +44776 5331258 Email: contact@springaid.co

It can help shape a healthy lifestyle, both physically and mentally. Cycling may help you lose weight, improves overall function in your lower body and strengthens your leg muscles without overstressing your joints. Cycling helps improve cholesterol levels, which can boost your cardiovascular health and lower your chances of stroke and heart attack, ease feelings of stress, depression, or anxiety and much more.  The event took place at the Leeds Urban Bike Park in Middleton where participants learnt essential riding skills delivered by qualified coaches who offered the best advice to...

Widespread vaccination against COVID-19 is one of the most effective ways to control, and ideally, end the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the success of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is dependent on public acceptance and willingness to be vaccinated. Vaccine hesitancy has impacted uptake unequally across different groups, and are influenced by complex sociocultural, political, economic and psychological factors.  To reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst refugees and migrant communities and debunking the myths about COVID vaccines, we engaged with communities in Beeston and Holbeck specifically...

The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines was an extraordinary scientific undertaking. While the rapid development of the vaccine has had extraordinary achievements in controlling the pandemic, reducing hospitalisations and deaths, many challenges still remain especially amongst people from lower socio-economic and ethnic minority backgrounds who are hesitant to take the vaccines. Vaccine hesitancy has become increasingly relevant with the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as combating the pandemic is hinged on high rates of vaccine uptake. Causes of vaccine hesitancy are complex and related...

Whilst vaccine uptake has increased across many groups, it still remains considerably lower amongst certain communities, especially lowest in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities adults (below 35%) and amongst adults living in the most deprived areas. The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) analysis shows that disparities in vaccine uptake are also present in younger age groups: only 39% of 18 to 24 year olds in England have received a booster dose, much lower than for older age groups. In response, SpringAid and the NHS Rehabilitation Team took active steps in talking to residents in Beeston,...

Bowling at Middleton Park, which brought together residents of Middleton, a mixture of adults and children to flex their muscles to the sports! An afternoon of Bowling in the fresh air on a nice green lawn, there was nothing better than that.  “It’s a game of friendship and it was nice playing with some of my friends and making new friends away from school” says Sakani. “I take a shot and watch my bowl roll off – I watched my bowl wins, and sometimes missed, but was fun.” What a great way to have fun, associate with friends and participate in active sports.  Any form of...

Myths and challenges are not something new but during the session, our health professionals addressed and debunked some of these myths e.g. Microchips, infertility, changing DNA and amongst others by giving people the right information, including resources to help address such misinformation and misconceptions. This in turn did enhance public trust and confidence in the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine and discredited some of the myths that fuel our social media and public space. Watch Webinar