CYP Now - Youth zone sport engages young people in positive activities

Culture of Health programme embeds healthy living principles for staff and young people across the youth zone network.

Climbing is part of an approach that promotes good physical and mental health. Picture: OnSide

Good health – physical, mental and nutrition – underpins all activities and aims to make healthy environments the norm

In Chorley, the Inspire Youth Zone has used sport sessions to meet disengaged young people before targeting support

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Every day at Chorley’s Inspire Youth Zone, young people learn how to cook nutritional, healthy meals on a tight budget. The cooking sessions have been particularly popular recently due to the cost-of-living crisis and long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Learning about nutrition is one of the three key elements, alongside physical and mental health, of the Culture of Health programme which runs across OnSide’s network of 14 youth zones in England.

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