Active Dorset

Funding is currently available through Weymouth Town Council's community grant scheme, with the aim of benefiting worthy community, voluntary and charitable organisations in the local area.

This scheme supports new projects and helps to improve lives, leading to greater self-sufficiency and financial independence, leaving more time for organisations to focus on working with and supporting local people.

Areas of particular interest are:

🔗Reconnecting the community
😃Supporting older people to thrive
👩‍👧‍👦Empowering young people
🏠Building an inclusive community
🌳Health, wellbeing, and nature connection

Community and voluntary organisations can apply for grants of up to £5,000 ➡️https://www.weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk/grants-available-for-local-organisations/

We're delighted to welcome AXIS Run - Dance - Yoga as our newest strategic partner for Dorset's Physical Activity Strategy, A Movement for Movement.

Axis RDY creates inclusive and welcoming spaces where people of all abilities can discover the joy of being active, build confidence, and feel a genuine sense of belonging through movement.

They join more than 30 organisations across Dorset and BCP that have already pledged their support, helping to create healthier, more active communities and championing the importance of physical activity for everyone.

👉 Find out more about becoming a strategic partner and helping us build a Movement for Movement. Search Movement for Movement online or click the link in our bio.

People are more likely to take action to become more physically active if they see themselves in the stories they see, and the news they read.

We are on the lookout for Movement Stories: Case studies or stories of how local people across Dorset have been positively impacted by Physical Activity.

If you, or someone you know has a story to share which may encourage others to move more, we would love to hear from you.

Send us an email 👉🏼[email protected]

Are you passionate about tackling inequalities and reducing the barriers to sport and physical activity? If so, Sport England's Leading the Movement programme could be for you.

Leading the Movement is designed to create a diverse, thriving community of leaders who are supported, empowered, skilled and united in the movement to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity.

If you’re working to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity, or you support the people that do, then you’re part of Leading the Movement! Find out more on the Leading the Movement website. 🔽

🔎 Search Leading the Movement online

❓Do you know we have a range of partner and public facing newsletters?

Hear about the wider work of Active Dorset, and gain access to resources, advice and signposting to a wide variety physical activity tools to help support people to sit a little less and move a little more.

Signup today ➡️ Search Active Dorset Newsletter or click the link in our bio

🚴🏼‍♂️Making cycling more accessible starts by removing the barriers that stop people getting on a bike.

Sofa to Saddle has been developed to help people build confidence, improve their wellbeing and discover the benefits of cycling through simple, achievable guidance that fits around everyday life.

Their ambition is to change behaviours and attitudes towards cycling, with the goal of getting 1 million more people on bikes by 2028.

Show your support by downloading the toolkit and share across your channels: https://lnkd.in/eM3yC5jw

British Cycling | Lloyds Bank

We all want our children to enjoy physical activity and movement.

Parents play a huge role in helping children and young people understand that moving more is about having fun, making friends and feeling like they belong.

This digital resource is a guide to safeguarding in sport and physical activity, bringing together helpful advice and simple tools to support parents and carers.

It will help to support parents to understand what safe, positive and inclusive experiences look like, and how they can help to create them.

Help us to spread the word of this resource by sharing with your networks.

🔗 https://heyzine.com/flip-book/a9615ec482.html

📢Calling all early years providers in Boscombe, Kinson, West Howe, Portland and Weymouth.

Following the first successful project, registrations have now opened for a new Healthy Movers cohort starting in Autumn 2026!

Healthy Movers helps and supports early years practitioners and families in recognising the progress children can make with their physical literacy, which supports their confidence, motivation and resilience.

The training focuses on how to develop the child through engaging, fun and purposeful physical activities that every child can participate in, and enjoy at their own level.

Find out more by visiting https://www.activedorset.org/healthy-movers

📝Register your interest here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/jSGcKCTpcP

BCP Council | Dorset Council | Youth Sport Trust

We’re playing our part.

On 8 August 2026, we are supporting Safe Sport Day — a global moment to stand up, speak out and play our part in making sport safer for everyone.

We believe sport should be safe, inclusive, respectful and free from harm.

Download the Safe Sport Day assets, take the pledge and speak out for safer sport. Search safe sport day to get involved.

Stand up. Speak out. Play your part.

Funding Friday! 🙌🏼

sported and Maitaki have come together to offer Level 3 and 4 qualifications in Fundraising, AI Skills or Business Management.

World-class skills development, fully funded, for the people who keep grassroots sport alive. Maikai and Sported have unlocked Growth and Skills Levy funding from their corporate partners, so you can train without spending a penny.

➡️ Search Sported Skills Academy online for more information.