So - we host the Games in 2012, but what really can we expect to get out of it? My question is a little tongue in cheek as I am a huge supporter and advocate of the Games, but it is fair to say that not all around us are. The sports sector seems to be populated by others with an inbuilt sports heritage or fanaticism, but what of those who couldn’t care less? Our opportunity is surely to touch and help improve as many lives as possible, no matter how marginally, through the experience of 2012.

The initial forecasts and projections will need recasting as has the budget for building and hosting the Games, but where are the big wins to be had?
In my view, we could work to achieve the following:

1. A higher profile and…

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Fit for Business are proud to be associated with the BHF and would like to tell you that August 2009 sees the British Heart Foundation launch their new Health at Work website, which replaces the former ‘ThinkFit!’ website and is there to support health promoters in the workplace.

The new site has been redesigned with a fresh, vibrant look, easier navigation, lots of new content and exciting features. These include e-newsletter sign-up, a success stories search, an events calendar, news and downloadable posters.

The website contains up-to-date information on physical activity, healthy eating and mental wellbeing, plus lots of ideas, practical tools and downloads for the workplace health promoter to create a health club at…

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CPD – Continuing Personal or Professional Development - refers to a commitment to structured skills enhancement and personal or professional enrichment.
As part of Creating Excellence’s commitment to CPD, I was asked to attend a skills developing workshop to learn how to run ‘Focus Discussion Groups’. 

The course was run by The Eastern Development Centre and supported by Niace, (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) in Ipswich and quite an unusually pleasant drive up the A12 saw me arriving at the IP-City Centre Building. 

I was one of the first to arrive, and it’s always awkward deciding what table you should join, so I opted for a seat adjacent to a gentleman and his dog, who I later…

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I have now pushed my chair 35,000 miles and have almost reached the magic £1,000,000 for my various charities.

I am continually involved and participate with ‘Hunter Company’, (injured Royal Marine recruits) at CTC Lympstone in glorious Devon (and have been for the last seven years) as well as my ongoing fund raising talks.

My last major push (still in my NHS wheelchair) was from Augusta to Perth, in Western Australia, over 300 miles, last year which raised over $20,000 for ‘Canteen’ (an Oz charity for children with cancer) and Legacy (Western Australian Police benevolent fund).

During the push I also gave my illustrated talks to childrens’ schools and local charity associations en-route. On my arrival at…

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The Government’s National Campaign ‘Change4Life’ is urging us to get our kids to ‘Eat Well, Move More’ and ultimately ‘Live Longer’.

But it isn’t just our kids that need to be ensuring they are having a balanced, healthy way of life; we as adults, parents, siblings, grandparents and even as children ourselves – should be living the values too.  What better way is there for our children to learn, other than by example?

Maintaining a healthy way of life comes down to, as I see it, a simple formula:

                                         
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