A brief update as to what we've been up to since we raised over £5000 for Wirral University Teaching Hospital, way back at the start of lockdown.
Firstly, the Running Head First group has expanded to include a nutrition arm of the organisation called Nutrition First, an England Athletics Affiliated Running Club and, we're proud to be making progress in forming the necessary relationships for an organisation structured to support the Wirrals childrens mental health through grassroots sports.
As well as taking bigger and bolder steps in to organising the services we will provide post lockdown, we have been providing online support to people via a nutrition, physical activity and holistic health intervention via the Nutrition First arm of the organisation.
You may also have seen us asking for the donation of football shirts for our #kitsforkids campaign?
Together with you, we have been successful in providing football kits to local childrens football teams, who are experiencing restricted funding and financial support due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
This kind of support aims to ensure that children can return to their team sport, once government restrictions are lifted.
Our directors have been undergoing extensive CPD with some of the world's leading public health scientists and paediatric health scientists, as well as investing in their own education by enrolling on an MSc in Mental Health Science, publishing in World leading journals and completing extensive CPD courses in nutrition and the psychology oriented around the choices we make which impact upon our physical and mental health.
As well as this, we continue to build relationships across the third sector, with local coaches and community groups to ensure that the broader community can benefit from the actions of the organisations that fall underneath the Running Head First umbrella.
As we progress in to more relaxed government restrictions, you'll see some of our services that are usually available in normal circumstances, start to appear online as well as limited numbers of people attending in person. The reason this has not been done sooner is due to the organisations that we work closely with regarding funding, have very specific areas where their finances can be spent.
Unfortunately online only services are not part of that, we have to be able to deliver the projects live and in person, and that hasn't been possible until now - but we welcome you to "virtually" join us if you can't make it in person, and when the time comes for you to physically join us, we'd love to see you there too.
If you've got any questions about the services we provide or the support we can give you, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
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