GO Active

Get Oxfordshire Active (GO Active) aims to help adults across the county lead a more active lifestyle by providing them with the information, motivation and support they need to get active, feel good, have fun and meet new friends.

GO Active Activities in the Vale include:

• Rounders in Wantage from 12 September
• Nordic walking four-week tasters and courses running in Wantage, Wootton and Cumnor
• Just Jog groups in Chilton, Uffington, Abingdon, Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor with groups already up and running in Blewbury, Kennington, Faringdon, Stanford-in-the-Vale and Sutton Courtenay
• Back to netball every Tuesday from 13 September at Faringdon and every Sunday from 2 October to 11 December in Abingdon
• Dodgeball sessions at Wantage from 3 October
• Health walks in Stanford-in-the-Vale every Wednesday from 19 October to 9 November.

For more information, to get involved, and to find out about activities happening in the Vale, see the Go Active website This link will take you to an external website... .

If you have any further questions about, or ideas for activities in the Vale please contact the Vale's Go Active Co-ordinator Anna Capel-Davies  on 01235 540377 or email anna.capel-davies@southandvale.gov.uk. Anna is keen to hear from any clubs or groups who put on events that she can include in her activity database.

Be a Sporting Hero by becoming a Sport Maker

Sport Makers are, quite simply, people who make sport happen.  Whether it's planning a route, finding the pitch or encouraging people to take part - it needs people to make it happen.  Becoming a Sport Maker and get the skills, knowledge and opportunities you need to be one of those people.  Whatever your passion, we're looking for people who can motivate their friends or colleagues to get active and play sport or who can support other people providing sporting opportunities.

Sports Maker is part of Sport England's mass participation legacy programme and is being co-ordinated in Oxfordshire by the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership.  Your first step to becoming a Sport Maker is to come to an inspirational workshop or convention, which are running up to the Olympics in 2012, where you will be supported with advice, information and resources and you'll also get some free Adidas polo shirt and bag.

You need to be able to complete at least 10 hours of activity and to log your hours in a journal so we can see the difference you're making.  By logging what you've done you'll also be entered to win some fantastic prizes.

To find out more and to sign up go to www.oxfordshiresport.org/sportmakers.