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Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit Holistic Therapy for Women & Girls from...
Specifically, Women and girls from Black, Asian and Ethnic minority communities with low or non-participation in fitness activities and will be invited to network with women from similar backgrounds within the community to share lived experiences.
Girls from Black and Asian backgrounds to participate in physical and wellness activities through running a number of wellness clinics such as women only yoga and Pilates sessions, complementary therapy treatments and nutritional advice.
Women from ethnic minority backgrounds will be given opportunities for nutritional advice, information on holistic therapy courses and other related fitness activities. Key women sports organisations from Newport will be invited to be role models.
The project will work with more than 200 women
Researchers examining reasons for non-participation in sport women and girls from Black, Asian and Ethnic minority communities commonly identify a set of contributory factors. ·low incomes limiting what can be spent on sport; ·limited time because of long hours working in low paid jobs (and religious observance for some); ·limited facilities in the areas where they live; ·limited mobility because low levels of car ownership make it difficult to reach opportunities further away.
Girls will be invited to attend yoga and Pilates sessions
The project will work with more than 300 BAME women & girls
Collect feedback after every session, record number of attendees at sessions. Surveys/ questionnaire
We will promote and market the project