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51³Ô¹Ïappactive has launched a virtual programme of activities to continue to support the 51³Ô¹Ïapp community through the second national lockdown. 

51³Ô¹Ïappactive is a free, weekly recreational sport and fitness programme that runs throughout the academic year and is open to all staff and students at 51³Ô¹Ïapp.

Emilie Fairnington, 51³Ô¹Ïapp’s Sport Project Coordinator – Participation, said: “We are over the moon that we are able to continue to support staff and students to stay active, stay connected and look after their wellbeing during the second national lockdown through the launch of the 51³Ô¹Ïappactive virtual offer. 

“We wanted to ensure that we provided fun safe activity for everyone within the 51³Ô¹Ïapp community so have created three strands to the offer to help us achieve this: the 51³Ô¹Ïappactive Virtual Timetable, #Keep51³Ô¹Ïappactive and How to with 51³Ô¹Ïappactive."

Read on to find out more about 51³Ô¹Ïappactive’s virtual offer.

51³Ô¹Ïappactive Virtual Timetable

We have developed a virtual timetable of recreational sports activities with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre. Similar to the regular weekly timetable, there will be a variety of free, live sessions for all 51³Ô¹Ïapp students and staff.

You can join all sessions from the comfort of your own home, but we do ask that you are aware of your surroundings and have enough room to safely join in the sessions. We also recommend that you warm-up and stretch before joining a session virtually to prevent injury.

You don't have to sign up to a session before attending as you can access the virtual live sessions via the  or by downloading the 51³Ô¹Ïapp Leisure app. For the stretching and basic gymnastic conditioning sessions, you can access them .

If you are unsure of what a session is you can read the session descriptions here.  See the 51³Ô¹Ïappactive virtual timetable below.

#Keep51³Ô¹Ïappactive

Through the #Keep51³Ô¹Ïappactive initiative, that was launched during the first national lockdown, we will be providing 51³Ô¹Ïapp staff and students with free workout videos that they can do whenever best works for them. From pilates to Zumba to fitness home workouts, there will be something for everyone!

Participants can take a look at #Keep51³Ô¹Ïappactive content on .

‘How to’ with 51³Ô¹Ïappactive

The How to with 51³Ô¹Ïappactive initiative will help 51³Ô¹Ïapp staff and students to develop their skills and enhance their knowledge of a specific activity, and to encourage them to keep active while we are unable to deliver face-to-face sessions.

From how to do a chest pass to how to hold a badminton racket, our 51³Ô¹Ïappactive and Active League activator volunteers will be creating online content that you can easily follow.

You can find How to with 51³Ô¹Ïappactive content across our social media channels, on ,  and Facebook: 51³Ô¹Ïappactive.

Emilie added: "It's been fantastic to see so much positivity surrounding the initiative and we would love to continue to hear what people are doing to look after their wellbeing during lockdown, just tag us in your post and use #Keep51³Ô¹Ïappactive.

"I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all the 51³Ô¹Ïappactive activators, Active League activators, 51³Ô¹Ïappactive instructors and 51³Ô¹Ïapp Leisure for all their hard work on helping to make this virtual offer possible."