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British Olympic Association
The BOA provides the pivot around which Team GB revolves prior to, and during the Olympic Games. Working with the Olympic Governing Bodies, the BOA selects Team GB from the best sportsmen and women who will go on to compete in the 28 summer and 7 winter Olympic sports at the greatest sporting competition in the world.
www.olympics.org.uk
Know your limits
Did you know that a 250ml glass of wine or a pint of beer can contain about the same number of calories as a sausage roll?
Do you know how your drinking habits affect your health and fitness?
Fitness First and International Fitness Week are linking up with the Government's Know Your Limits campaign to help you understand how much you are really drinking, and offer help to stay within your limits.
www.fitnessfirst.co.uk/know-your-limits.aspx
For more information, visit www.nhs.uk/units
Sports Aid
SportsAid is the charity for sports people, helping the next generation of young British sportsmen and women to succeed.
It is the first organisation to say "yes" to a talented young athlete. We offer help at the start of the journey when mum and dad are often the solitary sponsor. If you or your organisation would like to help young British sporting talent, either nationally or locally, then you can through SportsAid. You can be part of it and make the difference.
For more information visit: www.sportsaid.org.uk
No Smoking Day
Take the First Step
International Fitness Week and Fitness First are supporting this year's No Smoking Day - the theme of which is take the first step, an invitation to use No Smoking Day to make a lifelong change.
More than a million smokers will use No Smoking Day to try to quit.The next No Smoking Day takes place on 10th March 2010. It's our 26th campaign, and over the last quarter century we've grown into the UK's leading public health event, helping over a million smokers quit for good.
With No Smoking Day, there's no pressure. When smokers are ready to stop, we're here and ready to help, directing people to the support that's right for them, when and where they want it.
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Growth through science
The UK's number one sports nutrition supplier is supporting International Fitness Week. Maximuscle has grown at a phenomenal rate by focusing on highly effective research-supported formulas that deliver what they promise. By making great tasting, science supported, safe products easily available, Maximuscle has helped sports people - from the gym enthusiast to the elite Olympian - realise their full potential.
For more information visit: www.maximuscle.com
Fitter Families
The Fitter Families Initiative and its "Simple Achievable Sustainable (SAS)" approach offers something completely different. It sets out to provide its FREE comprehensive support programme for adults and children throughout the UK to not only become fitter and healthier together but to do so by supporting one another as a family, at home.
www.fitterfamilies.com
Fitness Industry Association
Helping every man, woman and child in the UK be more active, more often is what our programmes are all about.
Our schools and businesses, programmes help children and adults understand the benefits of a healthy lifestyle - and learning how their local gyms and leisure centres can help them.
Our members form partnerships with local schools and businesses, adding potential long term value Visit our website to find out more.
Visit our website to get a flavour of the current programmes and see how much they can do for you.
www.fia.org.uk
Fit For Sport
is the UK's Leading Healthy Lifestyle Activities Provider - and has been committed to 'keeping the future fit' for more than 17 years. It offers:
Fitter Families
with Ian Wright including 'Ian Wright's Fitter Families' book co-written by Dean Horridge (CEO/Founder- Fit For Sport) published through AC Blacks (Jan 2009).
School Services
partnerships with over 40 schools. Including Curriculum PE/Games, Extended Schools, PPA cover, Health days/assemblies, and After School Clubs.
OFSTED Registered Kids Camps
across the UK including partnerships with state/independent schools, leisure providers and councils that are committed to operating every school holiday.
Kids Activity Management Programme
including accredited training recognised through the Register of Exercise Professionals, activity plans and business models.
Fitter Kids & NEET Community Programmes
working with school partnerships, boroughs and councils to re-engage children/young people with physical activity.
Fitter Schools UK Challenge
a FREE initiative for every school in the UK. In 2007 3,500 schools took part and nearly 1 million children improved their fitness by 14.5%' In 2008, 3,500 schools were involved and fitness levels improved considerably once again, by 12.8%.
For more information visitwww.fitforsport.co.uk
Fitness First is helping the nation get fitter and healthier as part of a new Government social-marketing campaign to increase the public's awareness of the benefits of regular physical activity and an active lifestyle.
The campaign is called change4life, and is a national initiative run by the Department of Health with support from the Fitness Industry Association. change4life aims to motivate people to eat well, move more, and live longer and thousands of fitness facilities in the UK like Fitness First are linking with their local communities to help achieve this goal.
www.nhs.uk/Change4Life