Community Groups
If you run a community centre or are a community group and you are looking to provide new activities to your community then please contact us.
We help to engage all members of local communities, regardless of ability, age or background.
As a company based in the North East with a strong presence throughout the region, we understand local issues. We can consult you on your objectives and we work hard to achieve them – drawing on our wide range of activities.
We like to bring purpose to communities and groups in terms of physical and emotional health and inclusivity.
For a complete run down af all activities we offer, click here.
Keep Active is a community interest company that inspires adults, young people and children to achieve success through sport, fitness, dance, cooking and creative activities. Health, well-being and inclusivity are at the heart of everything we do. We aim to encourage everyone to lead healthier and more fulfilled lives. We organise activities in schools, community groups and at our base.
Let's Cook Together
A three-week development programme designed to engage parents, guardians, carers and children to learn the importance of healthy eating and develop their skills and knowledge to be able to
prepare healthy economical nutritious products.
Parents and children are referred to our programme by our school partner Dame Dorothy school and attend a 2-hour interactive cookery session for three weeks.
The aims of the programme are to:
- Develop the confidence of the of the participants.
- Learn valuable cookery skills stimulate an interest in cooking and develop lifelong learning skills in young children to take forward into adult life.
- Learn about the importance of healthy eating and the health benefits of eating a balanced, healthy diet.
- Give participants quality time together where they can learn and interact together.
- Foster and build positive relationships to learning which can be transferred into the classroom.
- Learn how to budget and plan healthy economical meals and snacks.
- Give participants the confidence to buy fresh ingredients, follow a recipe and cook dishes from scratch.
- Give participants the knowledge to make informed food choices.
At the end of each session each pair take home two healthy nutritious dishes, a recipe with further recipe ideas they can try at home in a cookery book designed to encourage further fun cooking together sessions.
Current Projects Keep Active Are Delivering
Lets cook together
An interactive cookery group for residents of SR1, helping participants learn about healthy eating and cooking on a budget.
Funded by: Wear Recovery and Comic Relief
Culturally Appropriate Exercise Sessions for Ladies
Exercise sessions designed specifically for women at the International Bangladeshi Centre, providing accessible and culturally appropriate opportunities to stay active.
Funded by: Sported
Saturday Sports Sessions for Children with Profound Learning Disabilities
Inclusive sports sessions supporting children with profound learning disabilities through engaging physical activities.
Funded by: Sport England
Youth Programme in SR1
Regular youth sessions delivered on Saturday and Monday evenings in partnership with The International Bangladeshi Centre, creating safe and engaging opportunities for young people.
Partner: The International Bangladeshi Centre
HAF Camps Across the City
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) camps delivered at:
• Sunderland Mind & Wellbeing Hub
• Castletown Primary School
• Northern Saints
Funded by: Together for Children
Attendance Adventure
A targeted programme to improve school attendance and engagement for Year 4 and Year 6 pupils at:
• Northern Saints
• Southwick Primary School
Funded by: Community Chest
What people enjoyed about the programme
Over the past few months, we have worked in partnership with Keep Active in delivering the Kreative Kitchen programme from our Community Hub to children and families who attend Dame Dorothy Primary.
We focused on the families who had the greatest need and created the opportunity chance for them to engage in family cookery sessions whilst gaining a greater understanding of why healthy food is good for us.
The hope is for grown-ups to take home the healthy recipes and to make them at home with other family members involved.
The Kreative Kitchen programme has been an excellent opportunity for school forge greater links with families who are in need and to build on our excellent relationship with Kreative Kitchen.