Latest Government Advice

The latest government advice now allows people to exercise more than once a day as long as social distancing guidelines are followed, alone, with members of their household, or with one person from outside of their household.

Exercise is still confided to groups of no more than two people, unless exercising with members of the same household. Sport England have further collated key information in relation to sport and physical activity guidelines and to read more about what you 'can' and 'cannot' do since the latest government guidelines please click here.

Many facilities associated with outdoor sports and physical activities can now reopen, if those responsible for them feel ready to do so and if they can do so safely. Each venue, including council-owned sports facilities, should make their own decisions about when their facilities are ready. To find out more information and guidance please click here.

Now more than ever, it is so important to keep active and to look after our mental health, therefore we have put together the Dorset Daily Dose whereby we will share, create and connect top tips to help you get your daily dose of physical activity and look after your mental wellbeing.

Each day will provide a daily dose of:

• Top tips to keep active
• Challenges and tasks for your body and mind
• Connecting people and their stories

We'd love to her how you are keeping active and looking after your wellbeing, so please share your creative ideas with us on social media using #DorsetDailyDose

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Every Mind Matters

Posted: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:36

Public Health England's Every Mind Matters service has launched a new suite of tips and advice, focussed on looking after people's mental wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

The range of new Every Mind Matters resources, designed specifically to help manage our mental health during coronavirus, include a tailored COVID-19 Mind Plan, content for individuals and their loved ones on managing their mental wellbeing during the outbreak, and support for specific mental health issues such as anxiety, stress, low mood and trouble sleeping. Every Mind Matters encourages people to create a personal Mind Plan, a quick and free interactive tool offering tailored mental wellbeing advice. More than 1.9 million Mind Plans have already been created since the launch in October 2019.

Click here to create your own Mind Plan.

Tags: Mental Wellbeing