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Issue 18 June 2024

Active Disability Services Awards

Active Healthy Me is an exciting health, wellbeing and physical activity programme that works with people with disabilities to increase their knowledge and understanding about the benefits of being physically active and living a healthy lifestyle. It is a partnership programme between Active Disability Ireland and the HSE, aimed at people with disabilities attending day […]

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Issue 17 April 2024

Every Move Counts

The HSE and Department of Health recently launched the new Every Move Counts – National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland, bringing Ireland in line with the World Health Organisations (WHO) recommendations on physical activity. The National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland form part of a suite of policy documents […]

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Issue 16 February 2024

Webinar: Every Move Counts – National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland

You are invited to our latest webinar which is focussed on our new key messages about promoting physical activity, which is fundamental to our health and wellbeing.  This will be of interest to professionals and practitioners in health, education, social care, sport & exercise and local authorities. The HSE and Department of Health have published […]

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Issue 2 March 2021

Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration: bridging the knowledge-practice gap

As part of their ongoing work to promote inter-sectoral collaboration on the promotion of physical activity, the I-PARC 2021 annual conference took place recently via zoom. This event had Irish and international speakers addressing the broad areas of the opportunities presented by COVID-19.  The presentations included a focus on best practice in the areas of […]

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Issue 2 March 2021

Operation Transformation – Healthy Ireland

This year’s Operation Transformation is being supported by Healthy Ireland.  Staff Health and Wellbeing is one of the three strategic priorities for the implementation of Healthy Ireland in the Health Service. Healthy Ireland sponsored Operation Transformation this year. The Operation Transformation programme encourages the Irish public to get active and get healthy. Over the course […]