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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 20th January 2023 - The Community Sport Special with Christine Sprowell, Strategic Lead for Places and Communities at Living Sport · The PCR Sports Show

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Welcome to welcome to PT our Sports and the community Sports
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special, stay tuned. Welcome to PCR school.
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Good evening and welcome to the PCR Sports show with me.
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Dip am and a Nilesh. Hope you had a good week
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Peterborough and thank you for tuning in.
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We've got a fantastic show. This evening is a community
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Sports special. We got Christine Sprout from the
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living sport organization with us.
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She's a strategic lead for places and communities and will
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be telling us about all the exciting projects they're doing
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in the region that could well affect us.
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Also, So, yes, that's all coming up.
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So do, stay tuned. But first as always, let's cover
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up the local news, and here's Nilesh.
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I mean, look, how are you going to thank each is department, and
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let's start with the Peterborough Phantoms again, and
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they're having a great season so far.
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And they enjoyed a perfect couple of days as they beat Prix
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weekend. Table toppers leads Knights home
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in a way to put themselves firmly in the race for top spot
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in the National Ice, Hockey League.
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National division, Phantoms first travel to Yorkshire on
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Saturday night and returned triumphant after claiming a
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thrilling. For Success, they then hosted
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the knights on Sunday. And once again, edged a close
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encounter as they won, 3-2 a result that saw the move level
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on points. With the Knights, who were
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replaced at the top of the pile by MK.
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Lightning mkr, one point better off than Phantoms and nights as
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it, as it has got incredibly tight at the top this weekend.
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The Phantom's. Traveled to Sheffield steel dogs
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before facing the bees, our planet ice, in a 5:30 p.m.
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Face-Off. The Phantom's were also in
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action last night, Right as they bmk lightning one-nil in the
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first leg of the semi-final of the National League Cup.
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The return leg is next Friday 27th of January in a 7:30 p.m.
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face off, Peter Sports and it was a shocking, start for them.
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That left pitre sports with too much to do and as they failed to
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recover from and fell to a 2-1 away.
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Defeat at King's Lynn last Saturday in the National League.
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North Clash starts to match. His don't come much worse than
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the one sports made. So them gift Lynn to tappings in
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the opening Five Minutes. Sports did half the deficit.
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Thanks to King a Kingsland own goal, but were unable to force
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an equalizer. This Saturday is sees the
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turbines. Make the long trip to the
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Northwest to face Chester City. And here's our update from the
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city of Peterborough, Hockey Club has provided by David
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Simpson overall. It was a good set of results of
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this week. He says, the ladies want one a
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close encounter at the gate. A 2-1 over havering ladies.
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Has completed a completed back-to-back wins over
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strugglers Watson with a 6-1 of away.
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Win the ladies thirds ended Saturday to hockey, disappointed
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to draw with Cambridge Nomads. After being two goals up, the
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ladies fourths went down 3-2 after leading by two goals away
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to Cambridge Nomads, s the ladies fifths can't in to
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continue to enjoy their debut season with a 2-1 win at home to
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Pelicans thirds. We're both goals were taken by
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Sara Teasdale. The men's ones had an
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entertaining Cup game on Sunday versus Norwich City like the
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league game. It was a very close encounter
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with a 4-3 win for the men's first.
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The men s lost await a Saffron Walden. 61 the third's, keep
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producing the results with a 3-1 win over Cambridge City,
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fourths. The men's fifth fourth.
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Sorry. Also, beat Cambridge City
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opposition in the Vets variety winning for no away from home.
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The men's fifth, couldn't capitalize on a good display
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last. Week, losing 41, to promotion,
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chasing sneers, men's sixth went down a three to Cambridge Nomads
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thirds after leading to nil. Men's seventh, produced at
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Chairman's, team of the week performance beating Cambridge
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Nomads fourths, 31 meant, eigth went down to one to local
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Rivals, born deeping and looking ahead to this weekend.
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It's another one of full of fixtures with immense twos
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playing at home on Saturday the men's ones traveling to Instant
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on Sunday for a friendly and also the men's fourths and
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eights are also at home in the ladies comp the ones are.
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Why at Saint Albans and the 2's hosts folding, and the ladies
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Force fourths host. Cambridge South on Sunday, the
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under tent and under rates are hosting Cambridgeshire clubs for
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a tournament. And the men's over 40's, play
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the third round Cup match against Kingsland based Pelicans
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in rugby. And there's life in Peterborough
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lines yet as they Picked up their first win of the Season at
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the 15th attempt. The lions were twenty-four seven
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winners over fellow strugglers old laurentians to claim that
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elusive first success of the season.
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But despite the victory, they rain remain adrift at the bottom
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with - six points from 15. Games lines will be hoping to
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build on their rare win this Saturday but it will be a big
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ask as they are due to travel to title challenging old
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Northampton Ian's. Meanwhile for Peterborough our
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UFC they were left Strated. Buy a purse phone open of their
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fixture against old Northampton Ian's last weekend and we'll be
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hoping their fixture. Only will go ahead on Saturday.
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We will skip across to the Peter, but Royals, women's
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American football team and their Stars Jade heels and Tanya
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Dale's have earned selection to the GB.
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Women's American football team to contest the European
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championships later this summer running back heels and line back
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at Dale's enjoyed their first practice session with the Squad
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at the weekend after coming through a grueling trial, Dale's
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helped gb2, a silver medal in the world championships in
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Finland. Last year, the club are going
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from strength to strength and have been holding successful
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recruitment days. At their Breton base, the home
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of Peterborough, Lions Rugby Union club and on to football
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and Peterborough women. They face a fc, rushden &
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Diamonds girls in the quarter-final of the north
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hunts, a fake antique up on Sunday afternoon, which is at 3,
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p.m. kickoff and those your sporting headlines.
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Sweet, Japan and Canada, share busy week in sport.
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As always in the local on the local scene yet.
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Very much though. Plenty going on until flying.
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Yeah, Phantoms are flying. They're doing themselves and the
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city proud on the ice there and actually went on Sunday and
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witness their 3-2 win over Leeds nights, which was a really
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really gritty just performance. Bearing in mind, they were 21
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down against the league leaders to to Peg them back and then win
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the game 3-2. I'm sure they're grained much
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confidence from that as well, and And will hopefully continue
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that form Center going into this weekend.
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And for the next couple of months as they look to reach the
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playoffs, absolutely. And obviously, somewhere else,
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you would've been a would've been Port Vale on Monday night.
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Yeah, that was cold. That it was okay to witness Posh
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win under down Ferguson, his first game in charge on his
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return and a good away. Winner Paul out because there
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wasn't much in the table between Posh and poor vallon to gain a
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tuna when there is absolutely fantastic.
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Yeah, it's not really a happy hunting ground for us.
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We've Many a time, it's a difficult pitch to play.
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The atmosphere can be a little bit intimidating at times, but
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Posh handled that well, in the first half and second half
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scored 2 oz and answered goals. So to win to nil at Port Vale
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was a real morale boost and after the two-week break that
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we've had through purse payments and the FA Cup break as well.
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So yeah, it was encouraging to get back out there and Darren it
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was a competent performance. We didn't play brilliantly but
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what was needed was a clean sheet and and more importantly a
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win away from home because our a waveform has been very poor
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absolutely. And it makes difference of table
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because Portia back in you know I'm putting it Josh.
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Just It Right Touch of dollars. Yeah yeah that's obviously the
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goal operation playoffs. Now this season 21 games to go
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and we've got Charlton tomorrow, fingers crossed that match will
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be on. I know the pitch has been
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covered this week so let's hope the frost hasn't got under those
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covers and the pitch holds up. We played them on boxing day
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which is a 1-1 draw. So yeah, in need to be a
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positive results tomorrow because we're at home, we've got
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a decent home record this season.
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So and charting our Boyd they've been playing well since we've
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played them at on boxing day, but yeah, a home games.
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We've got to be looking within them.
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Absolutely. And then away at Burton on
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Tuesday again, another winnable game.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Burton is our next away game and then we've got Portsmouth next
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Saturday at home and then the first Saturday in February, we
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travel to Forest Green. So, you know, to tough home
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games coming. Going up, but then to, on paper,
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winnable away games, but mrs. Peterborough.
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United, and you just - laughs. Yeah, Anything could happen with
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them. That's a sure.
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Excellent. And finally prediction for
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tomorrow chart times Charter not done one of them in a wild bear.
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Yeah, we've got to win, haven't way home?
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If we've got any desire to be reaching those players, we've
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got to start building momentum, building a run and a win
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tomorrow would be just the Philip absolutely.
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Any score protection for your eyes?
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Let's see if we keep another clean sheet and then the two Oh,
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hi Mom, that would be good. Fantastic today that to Burton
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will be full of confidence that yeah, definitely Berlin.
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Thank you. Natasha is always right.
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You're listening to PP ask for. Welcome back to the PCR Sports,
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show with me, depan and Nilesh with you.
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Every Friday 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on PC are sports a show for fans
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by fans, as well as keeping it, local and Regional with
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everything that we speak about. And this happened.
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This evening is no exception. Got Christine Sproul on from the
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living space organization. She's the Strategic lead for
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places and communities. Christine, welcome.
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Good evening. Welcome myself, thanks for
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having me. Do it was a pleasure.
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Now to thank you for popping by so good to have you on the show
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and exciting times that leaving sport from what we've sort of
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understood this week for our research and then obviously
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chatting you before the show. So firstly, bit about yourself.
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Really? What?
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Tell us a bit about yourself in terms of your involvement with
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living sport? You know, what is the role of a
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strategic lead for places and communities?
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It sounds sounds Grand. It does.
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It's a law. It's a long title.
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But yeah. I've been at Living Warfare for
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just over four years now. And I started off as a project
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manager on active new communities program but a living
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sport is all about supporting people to be active and to move
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in a way that works for them. So where the active partnership,
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we've been in existence since 2006 and the role that we play
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is all about sort of promoting the benefits of sport and
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physical activity and the role it can play in supporting
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communities to be strong. Helping people too.
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Realize the benefits that physical activity can bring to
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their physical health mental health, but also importantly,
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how it can help support some of those wider roles in terms of
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helping communities to be strong and helping people to connect,
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particularly poster covid. So, a lot of the work that I do
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in the communities team is sort of listening to local people
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trying to understand how physical activity can help them
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to be stronger. And the great thing is you know
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the Power Sport, it can be flexed.
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And so many Four ways. So for me, you know, I love
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being involved in this work because it's all about making a
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difference and understanding how sport can help other people tap
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see, sounds brilliant and, you know, they say you dropped out
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carries the words places and community, so it doesn't sound
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to me like that. It's a dead space job.
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No, that's good. Because it's much fun being out
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about rather than being stuck behind a desk.
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And we know that in order to, you know, support communities,
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it's about being out and about listening to people and
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understanding And what we can do to help others sore meet their
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own goals. So across the county we have,
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we've got a team of 20 individuals that work at Living
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Sport and our main sort of areas of focus.
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Our community's children young people and and health.
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And and how do you identify what areas or what place is and what
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communities to focus on at any one time?
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And how does that work? As you bring that together?
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Well, we've got for some key areas of focus, do a lot of
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work, particularly in Peterborough care.
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Italy and working with Community groups and looking at how we can
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support them to connect. Particularly post covid.
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We've also got areas of work where we work with local
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authorities across the County, Public Health, and various
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Partners across all six districts of Cambridgeshire and
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Peterborough. But we tend to go with the
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energies, so where there's a real energy and interaction from
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Partners to work with us. Then we like to work with them
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and we're also trying to focus. Saint those individuals that are
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probably been hardest hit by the pandemic very much around how we
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can support communities to move more in a way that works for
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them. And we know there's certain
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areas of the county where people are perhaps, less active, have
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less opportunities. So we're trying to open up those
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opportunities. Particularly tackle,
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inequalities support individuals that perhaps haven't had access
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to Sport and physical activity and seeing how we can adapt to
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meet their needs. Yeah, no sounds really good.
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I know about 50 months ago we had Simon Fair hold from living
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spot on. He was the CEO at the time but I
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think the they're just the I guess the show's a the
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directional certainly the Strategic view of the what the
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organization does change since he was on and it's not just the
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the bias of the time perhaps was towards just sport, let's say,
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but now there's, there's a broader agenda, isn't it?
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Yes. Certainly.
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I mean I think in the past and we also looked at the value of
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sport for sports sake, but now we're looking at the wider role,
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it can play. And we're doing more work,
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particularly with volunteer organizations Community
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Partners, and looking at the benefits of physical activity
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can play in terms of supporting people's, mental and physical
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health, but also the wider role in terms of social outcomes, you
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know how it can help communities to become more, resilient
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inclusive, and connected, and being able to look at working
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with organizations that perhaps we haven't worked with in the
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past and seeing how we can support their agenda help.
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Them to connect with their recipients and it's all about
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flexing physical activity, to support other people to meet
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their goals. Yeah.
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And how do you, how does the billing as well as an
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organization or you as an individual really build up that
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intelligence of what's happening?
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Because obviously, you work, not just in Peterborough Cambridge
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here as well. So how do you kind of work?
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You know, understand what's going on, where let's say, you
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go where the energy is flowing and what have you?
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But surely there must be some way you identify that in some
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audience. Do people come to you and say,
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oh, by the way, we're doing this, can you help or Do you
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just listen pick up a newspaper or the equivalent of what he's
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driving out the website and all listen to the radio and thing?
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I'll, yeah, let's let me approach that organization or
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that area and see what we can do with them.
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Yeah, it's really important to be at the table and
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conversation. So we work with a range of
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Partners across all six districts and our role is being
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out and about listening to local need.
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So we're involved in listening, listening conversations,
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Discovery conversations, trying to find out what information on
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the ground so that could be data.
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It can be insight and information that local
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authorities, Community groups, people are providing so we need
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to be in those places and then listen to what people are
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telling us about their place and seeing how we can come in and
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support them to meet their goals.
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Sounds good today, brilliant. And and I guess people like
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local council local authorities are involved in that and you
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mentioned the NHS earlier as well.
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Yeah. And the sort of community
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outreach they have, you know, in terms Capability so that I guess
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helps you as well working with organizations such as those.
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Yeah definitely we worked with a range of volunteer groups as
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well and other charity organizations across the county.
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So whether that's working with organizations that are
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supporting children, young people community groups can be
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disability. Charities Charities that working
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in there, such as age, UK, working with old age groups and
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and also, you know, statutory organizations as well.
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So it's full range. And in terms of your focused,
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the is the focus still, we kind of children and young people or
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do you work with adults as well now and those across the board?
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No, right across the board really, I mean, obviously
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focused around, I'm chilling. Young people supporting children
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to have positive experiences around.
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Physical activity is really important, so work the schools
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and colleges as well. But also working with
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organizations that are working with older people, you know,
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looking at the benefits that physical activity can I in terms
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of supporting public got long-term conditions and also
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the prevention of role, it can play in helping people to be you
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know, healthy and happy for longer.
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And you mentioned, you've obviously been in the
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organization but for years, I think you mentioned the right.
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So you would have been obviously just before covid it a little
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while before then as I've been a marked difference in instead of
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the community's attitude, since covid is, since we've become
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accustomed to covid, for example.
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And yeah. Well, how are things changing in
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terms of people's outlooks and into indeed?
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Obviously, what? Being sport do as well in
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return. Yeah, I mean, obviously that,
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you know, that time when everybody is locked in, I think
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obviously it was a very difficult time for in so many
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ways. But also, if we take the
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positives from that, in terms of that time to step back, I think
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it made people think about their leisure time and, you know, poor
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be encouraged to go out and be active together as a family on
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and being able to step back and see actually physical activity
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sport doesn't have to cost a lot.
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You know, you can go for a walk, you can go out.
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Is your family, spend time together, away from electronics
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and gadgets. Everybody has it's actually made
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people think a bit more about their leisure time I think and
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obviously, you know, even now it's a lot of people that
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perhaps were involved in community groups and activities
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for some people, they found it really hard to go back to those
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activities. So, we're working with Community
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groups to say, well, you know, can you encourage your, your
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group to get involved in a well-being walk?
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Pause. If you get involved in physical
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activity session together actually sport can help bring
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people back together to, you know, to connect to meet others.
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Did you find conversely? Yes, people may have been lost
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to a sport or an activity but if he found people coming back to
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us for perhaps as well, you know, after they were playing it
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at school or just wanted to take a new interesting new hobbies
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thinking, Now's the Time to do it after the covid pandemic.
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Yeah. Definitely I think, you know,
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some people perhaps used to be a member of a gym and not being
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able to go to the It made them think about other activities
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they could do. So it might have been going out,
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walking running cycling. Those sort of activities of,
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obviously, seen a real increase over the last couple of years,
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but I think it has made people step back and think about their
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Leisure Time. And actually, the benefits of
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going out just spending time away a lot, people work from
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home these days. So, going out at lunch time for
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a ten-minute, walk. You know, the benefits of that.
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In terms of mental health, taking a break.
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I think people see the benefits of that perhaps that they
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didn't. You know, if you're not used to
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doing something you don't know until you actually start doing
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it. And I think people see the
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benefits of suppose, it's that first step is always, the
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hardest isn't actually physically mentally tuning in to
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doing that. And once you start doing it and
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becomes a routine, hopefully that will become second nature
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to them as well, at that point. Exactly.
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And you know, Behavior change, it takes a long time and it's
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not going to happen overnight. So I think sometimes giving
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people the chance to try some different activities, see if it
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works for them and actually getting people to drive that
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Within Our local communities to be Advocates the same.
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Oh, why did you come out and try this with, with me?
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And then they can promote the benefits that they've, you know,
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receive from from doing a new activity and tell their mates,
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tell their family and friends and often.
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It's those local Advocates that will really have difference in
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terms of bringing other people along in their up in the place.
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We've seen that some from some of our guests actually that
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we've had on, for example, the Peterborough women's American
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football team, the Royals, you know, they've had people join
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the club and they've had ambassador's and there's
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advocates in their workplace, for example, and they've got
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their friends. Friends involved through, you
22:05
know, having worked with the once adult.
22:06
What do you do on weekends? Play American football, what can
22:10
either go? You know, it's that sort of
22:11
scenario Park Runners seem, you know, people join parkrun
22:14
because of friends and family that go along on a Saturday
22:17
morning at 9:00 as well. No definitely and activities
22:20
like that. You know, that rely on
22:22
volunteers actually getting one or two new volunteers, come
22:25
along and they see the benefits that have for them, add to they,
22:28
you know, parents get involved in some of the activities.
22:30
Is that their children go to and then they get involved
22:32
themselves and, you know, people make things happen.
22:35
And it's, we're seeing a lot of new people get involved in
22:38
physical activity, which is fantastic.
22:39
Let's mention the park runn there.
22:40
I think there has been interesting in generally
22:43
walking, and sort of jogging since covid, because I think it
22:46
was that that paid a lockdown where we were only allowed to go
22:49
out once a day to, for a walk and people would normally go out
22:51
for other reasons, went out and walk went out for walks and
22:54
thinking actually it's not too bad after all.
22:56
Let me go. Let me try and do this more
22:58
often and I think that's the continuation.
23:00
None of that as out, doesn't it? So, yeah and we've been a white
23:03
involved across the county and helping set up health and
23:06
well-being, walks and encouraging, local pool to get
23:09
trained as walk leaders, they can set up a walk in the local
23:12
area and being able to promote those walks to people that
23:15
perhaps would don't feel comfortable get on their own.
23:18
You know, if you go with somebody else a body, then you
23:20
get your confidence. So I think setting up walks
23:23
across the country as being really positive, as a really
23:26
good spin-off over the last couple of years.
23:28
Indeed, excellent. Thank you.
23:29
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23:32
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25:47
Sprout, she's from living Sports and just been speaking about the
25:51
work, they do and how they do it.
25:53
And The communities and the people that they work with
25:56
Christine's, let's go be more specific into some of the
25:59
projects that you're doing and maybe more in the Peterborough
26:01
sort of region as that kind of benefits.
26:04
Probably most of our listeners. They were listening.
26:06
So what other sort of key initiatives are taking place at
26:09
the moment? Yeah well one of the things that
26:11
we've been doing particularly in Peterborough is working with
26:13
local community groups. To look at ways, we can support
26:17
them to embeds of new activities with into their existing offer.
26:21
So for example, in in Central City, City.
26:24
We've been working, the likes of glasses and connect and
26:27
supporting them to set up, some more sessions for Muslim, women
26:31
and older people in the community as well, to for
26:33
exercise classes and we've also supported and some local and
26:38
exercise instructors to get up skilled, so they can expand
26:42
their sessions as well. So we've got a lady from the
26:45
Lithuanian Community, who set up some sessions for older.
26:48
People are also working with we've worked with the sea.
26:53
Community and putting up some sessions for boys, football.
26:59
And we've also been working with, within Central Park,
27:04
friends of Central Park, to help them set up some family play
27:07
activity, which hopefully is going to kick off.
27:10
But it's a little bit warmer on a Saturday in the.
27:14
And then also we've been working with a range of Partners on a
27:18
project called play zones which is in conjunction with the
27:21
football association football Foundation, And we've been
27:24
working with the likes of impart trust, Peter, a Lions Rugby
27:28
Club, and hunts, fa Parkside, athletic, football, club, and
27:34
active Hampton. And that's around bringing some
27:36
new multi-use games facilities, into city of Peterborough, to
27:41
open up more opportunities for young people to get involved in
27:44
physical activity and also to provide opportunities for people
27:49
that wouldn't necessarily normally access sport physical
27:52
activity and must be quite So I think is that you mentioned, a
27:55
few communities there and you know, there's a lot of diversity
27:58
there. And and I guess when you
27:59
approach a community, I suppose there's a bit of mindfulness
28:02
about what the heritage of that Community is and what sports are
28:05
popular in that Heritage determining, you know, and
28:09
unless a for South Asian Community, programmable maybe
28:11
Cricket, he's going to be more popular than than a football is
28:14
in that sense. So it must be interesting.
28:16
When do you have to do that sort of work and and that, you know,
28:19
you come across such diversity and different types of people
28:21
that appreciate different types of sports.
28:23
Different levels. Yes.
28:24
Certainly, I mean, you know quickest, you know, very popular
28:28
in center of Peterborough and Cricket.
28:30
He's have done awful lot, within the schools to open up
28:33
opportunities for young, people, and particularly women and girls
28:36
to play cricket as well. There's also a real interest in
28:40
basketball as well. We've had quite a lot of
28:42
requests as part of our facility, sort of consultation
28:47
around basketball and FreePlay. So, people can come and play
28:50
basketball, without being a member of a club.
28:52
They can just turn up. If there's a whoo, I can then
28:54
play but also other activities such as Nordic walking.
29:00
There's been some some Nordic walking with in Central Park.
29:04
We've had quite a few of the school's get involved in a
29:07
project called Dragon's Den, where young people can pitch
29:11
their ideas to our dragons living support and we listen to
29:16
what they want in terms of after school clubs activities in the
29:20
community. So I think be there too.
29:23
Provide new opportunities for people that wouldn't normally
29:26
access. Some of the traditional Sports
29:28
is really important as well as listening to, you know those are
29:31
already doing sport in how they want more opportunities.
29:34
Offered locally. Yeah, no sounds pretty good.
29:37
And in terms of obviously setting up a team for example
29:39
that the goes into a community and works alongside that
29:42
Community to you is that all from living sport you get
29:45
volunteers from elsewhere. How does that?
29:47
How does that sort of virtual team compiled yourself?
29:50
Yeah. Well with in Peterborough we
29:51
have my colleague, Steve harknett And I'm Steve his
29:54
partnership coordinator that heavy focused on pita bread so
29:59
he will build links with the local organizations find out
30:02
what capacity they've got in terms of volunteers leaders and
30:05
instructors to develop the sessions and he'll be able to
30:09
provide them support. So, you know, do they need some
30:12
support to identify funding sources?
30:15
Are they looking for venues to get involved?
30:19
Because I haven't got access to space at the current site.
30:22
So I think it's being able to To meet with local people find out
30:26
what, what? They'd like to do, what are the
30:28
options, and where they need support.
30:31
So the Steve can then upskill them support them.
30:34
And once they're able to continue and sustain the
30:36
activity, he can then move on to another group and support
30:39
somebody else. So it's all about trying to
30:41
upskill local groups to then sustain that activity
30:44
themselves. So they don't have to rely on
30:46
others to provide it which the funding come from that way, was
30:49
that local stakeholders that have to get involved and support
30:52
that those activities? Because there is a cost element,
30:54
I guess it's an activity stuff people take part and of course
30:57
so what you do as one of the active Partnerships across the
31:00
country, we receive a fair amount of money through sport
31:03
England, which is a national lottery funding.
31:06
So we're able to support groups through and some of those
31:09
funding streams. But at the same time, we support
31:11
communities to go and look for additional funding.
31:14
So, there are various pots across the county and we will
31:18
support Community groups with applications so they can then
31:21
find the right source of funding to help them.
31:23
Set up a new activity. Now that's good in terms of so
31:28
that you mention, obviously you you set up a thread an activity
31:32
in the community and then you can hand it over to them,
31:34
effectively to, to become more self-sufficient.
31:37
And that, that could be in the form of them setting up a new
31:39
sporting club or new activity Club in that area.
31:42
To then obviously, then invite people to participate in that.
31:46
Yes, that's right. And it is sometimes you might
31:49
want to have a formal club and other times it might want to be
31:52
actually a group of Here is being able to do something a lot
31:55
more less structured. So for example we're trying to
31:58
support families to get involved in playing with that with their
32:01
children rather than just dropping a chill knocking and
32:05
being a babysitting facility. I think there's a lot to be said
32:09
for spending time as a family together.
32:11
So if we can encourage families to play together, they get those
32:14
parents involved. As volunteers then actually they
32:17
can deliver that they don't have to rely on an instructor and you
32:21
know, it might be the same time the parents want to do.
32:23
It's like separately. I went from the children as
32:25
well. So we're looking at all those
32:27
offers, but certainly, it's about beer to set up activities,
32:31
that can be sustained that, you know, not reliant on people
32:35
having to, you know, put their hands in their pockets.
32:37
Because we know that the, you know, the cost of living, people
32:39
haven't got the disposable income they had.
32:41
So we're looking at, you know, low cost or free opportunities
32:45
for people to be active. Good.
32:49
And in terms of you mentioned, obviously volunteers, would you
32:54
say that if somebody wanted to volunteer with you can do, they
32:56
necessarily have to come from the community that you're
32:58
working with arcing. Let's say if I wanted to
33:00
volunteer with living sport, could I just come along with
33:04
projects that you're doing and then input into that?
33:06
Or do I have to be part of the receiving Community?
33:08
For if you don't mean, we're always open for people to come
33:12
to us. If they've got a new idea of
33:13
setting up an activity within their local, their local
33:16
community because Only to be driven by local people, but at
33:19
the same time, you know, we have people come to us that are
33:22
really interested in putting site back into into their
33:25
Community or they're looking for as far as an opportunity to meet
33:29
new people and give something back.
33:31
So we will then try and sign post them to somewhere in their
33:35
local area. Sometimes we run events
33:37
ourselves but very much working with the local community last
33:42
year. We got involved in Peterborough
33:43
celebrates, which was fantastic, multi, multi cultural Is Dance
33:48
Arts and Sport and there were so many volunteers as part of that
33:52
event and actually hopefully some of those people have gone
33:55
back into their local area and looked for alternative ways to
33:58
volunteer because people like to give something back and it's a
34:01
great way to connect with other people as well.
34:05
I was going to ask that you, how do you promote your services in
34:07
the sense that obviously many people might not be aware of
34:10
your existence, for example, or fully appreciate what you do.
34:12
So, you know, you must do showcase events, like you
34:15
mentioned there, Peter celebrates, this is one example.
34:17
Where you, perhaps set up a stall, or some sort of
34:20
promotional place that you that you can, then actively speak to
34:24
people who come along and visiting, and obviously Spread
34:27
spread what you do in that fashion.
34:29
Yeah, I think it's important to, you know, be the places where
34:32
people are. And so, rather than setting up
34:35
events ourselves, we tend to, you know, find out where this
34:38
local events happening and work with them to see what they need.
34:42
So it could be, you know, a physical activity of pop up
34:45
session, you know, from will take a long.
34:47
A pop-up tennis and expand internet's family plague kit and
34:51
then talk to people and listening and it helps us
34:54
understand what people want and different ways that we could
34:58
deliver with Partners. So we're always always looking
35:00
for new ideas but also looking for ways to work with people to
35:04
help them a spot, you know, spied something new so being at
35:07
community. So being in attendance at
35:08
somewhere like the yaxley festival for example, the
35:10
willowfest you know it events that already put on where you
35:14
can go and promote yourself if that makes sense as well.
35:17
Activities. Which benefit the actual overall
35:19
event as well. Yeah, I think you know from
35:21
living Sports point of view, we want to be able to with you know
35:25
go out there and look for opportunities to promote the
35:27
benefits of physical activity. And, you know, often they'll be
35:30
local events that are not necessarily a sport event.
35:34
But there's a gathering of people and actually we're trying
35:36
to reach new people. They won't necessarily come to
35:39
us. I think we need to go to them
35:41
and actually provide them the chance to pick up a racket play.
35:45
Bit of table. Tennis do.
35:47
That wouldn't normally do and that might then make them thing.
35:49
Are you know it done this since school really enjoyed that
35:52
actually, how can I find out something to do locally?
35:55
And that's why you put them in. Touch with local clubs,
35:57
potentially organizations. That be able to facilitate that
36:00
particular sport itself. That they've got an interesting.
36:03
That's right, a perfect accent. If anyone is interested in
36:06
volunteering with living sport, what would they, what should
36:09
they do? Or how can I get in touch
36:10
directly with the organization in any way?
36:11
Yeah, if they want to check out our website living Sport and
36:15
then it's got who to contact And often will have opportunities on
36:19
there. Like, so if we've got events and
36:21
will promote those on there and people can check out our Twitter
36:24
and Facebook pages if they'd like to contact us as well.
36:27
Fantastic. So if anyone's listening wants
36:29
to get involved, and what sort of time commitment, would they
36:32
need is there? No, sort of, there's no struct
36:33
in, there's no strict sort of amount of time.
36:36
They need to devote. They can just do whatever they
36:38
can around their own lifestyle. Yeah, I think the important
36:40
thing is that actually, we need to be much more flexible with
36:43
volunteering because people don't want to, you know, So I'm
36:47
gonna do this every Saturday morning, you know, forever and
36:50
ever but if people would like to get involved in putting sign
36:52
back into their community and they've got some ideas and we
36:55
welcome them, get in touch and tastic, sounds good, right?
36:59
Let's take another short break there and we'll be back with
37:01
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39:11
Cracker. I've got Christine Sproul on
39:13
from leaving sport, talking about the community projects and
39:16
the initiatives. They're doing in and around the
39:18
Peterborough area. Just been speaking off there as
39:20
well. While the while you've been
39:21
listening to the adverts, some we mentioned new expansion
39:24
actually about when you go into a community, obviously there's a
39:28
diverse community in Peterborough, there could be
39:30
language, barriers, that could be cultural differences, and to
39:33
overcome people might feel slightly unnerving thinking.
39:37
Well, who's this person from from X organization?
39:40
Come to talk to me about this and Etc.
39:42
So, how do you overcome any potential barriers that you
39:44
might face from a sort of social perspective?
39:47
Yeah, we're very aware of that. There's a full range of Rich
39:51
diverse communities within within Peter, but and other
39:53
areas of the county and it's really important to work with
39:57
those, you know, people that have got a real role within the
40:00
within that particular community.
40:01
So it could be Community leader and advocate.
40:04
So you know, people that understand what the needs are of
40:07
that local community because then you can build trust within
40:10
the community and listen to what the local needs are.
40:14
So, you know, when we're working with a particular, Ation will
40:17
always, you know, ask for them will actually, you know, what
40:20
are the needs of the individuals and who you looking to Target?
40:23
And, you know, how can we best support delivery for them?
40:27
You know, with its timing if we're working with Muslim
40:32
females, make sure we have a female instructor but asking
40:36
them what their needs are because at the end of the day,
40:39
people will listen to people within their Community they
40:42
trust and they feel you know if they feel valued that they're
40:45
there. Being listened to and their
40:49
needs are being met, you know, we're much better off working
40:52
with people who know those people best.
40:53
Yeah, and most communities will have a central place when the
40:57
weather is a place of worship. Whether it's a community center,
41:00
something somewhere where there's some form of committee
41:03
or some organization where there's pillars of the
41:05
community, beep, individuals or groups of people.
41:07
And those are the ones that are have the sort of most influence.
41:10
I suppose it within that that woman is within that area of the
41:13
committee's and the yes certainly I think it's about
41:15
taking physical activity to that.
41:17
To those individuals in their space, you know, so, you know,
41:20
why can't you take table? Tennis to the mosque.
41:22
You know, why can't you use the spaces in those Community venues
41:27
to offer a chair based exercise for older people, so people can
41:31
actually go to the place. They feel comfortable in and
41:33
they're used to going to, perhaps to worship, or to have
41:36
a, have a chat to people they know.
41:38
Well, rather than having to go to another area of the city
41:42
where they don't know and they don't feel comfortable and
41:44
confident. Yeah, that's the big Asbury.
41:45
You was also saying stuff. Of course, I'm you know, what
41:48
would you send them to a gym? For example, if they've never
41:50
set foot in the gym before, that's going to be in Irving for
41:52
them, but to bring it back next door, effectively or on the
41:55
street, then that's more of a practical location for you to
41:58
get that engagement as well, then.
42:00
Yes, early, Lenny, I travel can be such a barrier for people
42:04
because you know, if people haven't got a car or that you're
42:07
not living on a bus route, they're not going to travel
42:10
halfway across the city and just to do a new sport.
42:13
So needs to be on the doorstep. Really simple.
42:18
And I'm starting to feel confident doing without putting
42:20
another barrier in the way. And I think the other thing is,
42:23
it depends on the guess, the, but it rightly that the maturity
42:27
of our community, in terms of what I, what I mean by that is
42:30
there's a lot of new communities in Peterborough that perhaps
42:32
there are only been in maybe 5, 10 15, 20 years, where there's a
42:34
legacy ones that perhaps been, you know, been here forever or
42:37
certainly decades. So, there's that to contend
42:40
with, as well, as in there, in terms of what, how confident and
42:42
comfortable are people in and around the Peter area.
42:45
Generally I think You've made the point around lots of
42:49
different communities and together and I actually physical
42:52
activity. Be a great way of bringing
42:53
people together. You know, from a cohesion point
42:56
of view and getting people to be involved in something really
42:59
positive. And so I think, you know, being
43:01
able to get community groups to engage in the first place, can
43:05
be a challenge, but I think if we can use physical activity,
43:07
the way to bring different, you know, corners of our communities
43:10
together than that would be a really positive particularly for
43:14
Peter Rabbit, other areas of the, the county, as well.
43:17
Do you have any projects or have you had any projects where that
43:19
that can happen in terms of perhaps you start a project in
43:21
the in one particular Community, then another committee wants
43:24
something similar and then you can create synergies between
43:27
committee potentially or yeah, I mean, just from a from a piece
43:31
where point of view, and we've been working with the East
43:34
timorese, and they run a football competition, just for
43:37
Christmas. And again, that was open for
43:40
other community groups to get involved.
43:43
And we've involved in a project in Central Park.
43:47
And it's being led by and the latvians and lithuanians
43:50
communities. And again, different Community
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leaders. We're looking to train up,
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volunteers to be able to deliver the sessions and be able to
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bring those communities together to play as a family's killer.
44:03
Sounds wonderful, absolute brilliant.
44:05
Just looking at you, your strategy, obviously the
44:07
strategy, renewed, 21 has got a new strategy, 22 to 24 which
44:12
replaced the previous one. And interestingly whilst the
44:16
organization is All living sport looking at the sort of the
44:19
pillars that you've got in that strategy.
44:21
I don't think sport is actually mentioned per se, is it, which
44:24
is, which is a Verizon. Is there a he can't with reveal
44:29
corporate secrets on the air in that sense but is living sport a
44:32
suitable brand name anymore? Good question, good question.
44:36
I think you know, the past perhaps with used to be involved
44:39
in working solely with sports clubs and looking at sport for
44:43
for sports sake but now we're looking much more around you
44:46
know. People are put off by the word
44:48
of sport and it doesn't reflect their boat.
44:50
But actually moving in a way that works for them might be
44:53
something that actually is more attractive to them.
44:55
So I think we're talking more about physical activity and
44:58
movement to encourage different people to get involved in
45:03
physical activity and to make it a bit more flexible.
45:06
Yeah. And and I guess it's more about
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suppose Leisure, isn't it? Not just sport.
45:11
It's about what people can do when they're not working.
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Let's say or attending to their Emily Etc.
45:17
It's what they can do in their spare time where they've got a
45:19
bit of downtime, what can they devote their life?
45:22
To or their time to and and something that's enjoyable and
45:25
engaging for them. And obviously it provides a
45:29
physical social mental benefit to them as a lifestyle,
45:33
definitely, and you was talking about Sport and uniting people,
45:37
and it just triggered something in my mind.
45:39
And I just looked up and Nelson Mandela coil, actually, and he
45:43
said, back in back in the day suddenly sport.
45:47
The power to change the world, it has the power to inspire and
45:50
has the power to unite people in a way that little else.
45:53
Does it speaks to youth in a language, they understand.
45:56
And I suppose that epitomizes what you're trying to do within
45:59
those hearts of those communities there as well, you
46:02
know, getting into the mosque's the good whereas and the perhaps
46:05
the underprivileged areas as well and giving them access to
46:07
sport, so to speak. No.
46:08
Definitely. And you know, sport has got the
46:10
power to change lives and it can be so many different things to
46:13
different people. You know, whether it's a vehicle
46:16
to bring. People together help people
46:18
reach their own aspirations or even just as a vehicle to help
46:22
people get through the day to do something positive and, you
46:25
know, touched on that the benefits of physical activity on
46:29
Mental Health, as well. You know, we've been through
46:32
incredibly difficult time the last few years and actually
46:34
taking time to step away from a situation, you know, physical
46:39
activity. Whether it's a walk or doing
46:41
something even more strenuous can have a really positive
46:43
impact on people's mental health and well-being.
46:45
So I think it's looking Beyond Perhaps how we used to look at
46:48
sport, how it can bring be, much, much wider and bring much
46:52
more to people's lives and perhaps we want to thought it
46:54
could. Yeah, absolutely.
46:55
And just touching what Nina said about the the quote from from
46:59
Nelson Mandela had brings people together.
47:01
Again, the spoken language is no barrier in sport either, is it
47:04
bigger? You can have people that don't
47:06
speak the same language playing the same team or against each
47:08
other or participate and all of a sudden they're all in harmony.
47:13
Well yes, sometimes It can be a great deal of barriers and you
47:20
know level that playing field get people in a different
47:23
situation and you know the power of the power of sport can be
47:27
very, very broad. But I'd like to think that we
47:29
can do a little bit just to open more people's eyes into into
47:33
what the benefits. Yeah.
47:34
Absolutely. And in terms of partner
47:36
organizations in Peterborough knows I think we spoke about it
47:38
off there as well and also organizations, do you partner
47:41
with with in Peterborough as well?
47:43
And so, I think we're working with, and the likes of rpcvs.
47:47
And Posh Foundation, Peter city council, new park, trust.
47:53
And I've mentioned as a range of other sort of local community
47:56
organizations, but also the school's, Peter City College and
48:01
looking to build links with and Anglia Ruskin University as
48:04
well. Hopefully, in the future and
48:06
what sort of what what do those Partnerships look like?
48:08
So, how do you work in tandem with each other?
48:09
When you sort of partner up? I think it depends on the nature
48:13
of the group and who they are. But often an It'll come to us
48:17
and say, let we're really Keen to get involved in, maybe
48:20
setting up a new activity, but we don't know how to how to set
48:23
up, you know, where can we access funding?
48:27
Where can we access and support to help us become a constituted
48:30
Group, which obviously, put some on a good fitting to then, apply
48:33
for funding to establish a new activity.
48:36
So sometimes will be the best place to support them.
48:39
Other times, it might be pcbs or the national governing body of a
48:44
sport if it's a particular sport related, so, I'm often we can
48:48
support, but sometimes will signpost who's best place.
48:52
Fantastic sounds good. And finally, before you know,
48:54
with time is catching up with us.
48:56
Christina's a person, how did you come to work for living
48:59
sport? What's your sporting interest in
49:01
background? We've talked about the
49:02
organization other communities but what about you as an
49:04
individual? Well, I've always I've always
49:07
loved Sports. I've played tennis badminton
49:09
hockey for years and years and years and I started off coaching
49:15
tennis. So I coach tennis.
49:16
Or seven years full-time and then got bit bored with hitting
49:19
a yellow ball over a net. It's and I worked for the LTA as
49:25
counter development of saying, came Bishop of tennis and I've
49:28
worked for sports coach UK in terms of Coach development.
49:31
So sort of started as a coach got involved in sports develop
49:35
myself. And then I worked for the tennis
49:37
foundations National schools and further education manager and I
49:42
was on the road a lot traveling around and I thought actually, I
49:44
really like to get back home and More living sport.
49:48
Providing the opportunity to open up and work in a slightly
49:52
different way, but I think putting a local lens and seeing
49:56
what matters for local people and how we can support people to
50:00
make changes themselves, that's really sort of what for me.
50:03
It's all about people and being able to support people to do
50:07
what they want to do and you know for me being able to do
50:11
something, I love in terms of promoting sport.
50:14
Every day is a great job. Absolutely, absolutely fantastic
50:19
story and Christine thank you ever so much and wishing you you
50:22
personally and living sport continued success and obviously
50:25
do popping some time again and keep us updated.
50:27
But it's been an absolute pleasure this evening.
50:28
Thank you. It's been a lot actually,
50:30
pleasure being here. Thanks so much and I'll listen
50:32
to the show in the future. Thanks.
50:36
Fantastic pleasure. As always, thank you and me.
50:38
Sir cheese dip a thank you. Enjoy Posh tomorrow.
50:41
And good luck. Good luck to the Posh the
50:42
Phantom's. Peter women piece for sports.
50:45
Yeah. All our sporting clubs.
50:46
Whether they're yeah wherever they're participating.
50:49
Let's hope the weather doesn't get the best.
50:51
The better of them. Absolutely Nila.
50:53
She said it for me, I don't have to say much more.
50:54
So, whatever you doing this weekend sporty model this week
50:57
or next week until we see you again, have fun and stay safe
51:00
and let his own next. We feel good Friday, so stay on
51:03
and take SEC. Bye-bye.