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Sport Relief 2012 Comes to Sefton!
As part of Sport Relief 2012, The Active Sefton Litherland Mile will be held on Sunday, 25th March at Litherland Sports Park. Registration is 10.30am and the first race starts at 11am. 
Come out with your family and enjoy a great day with everything from a bouncy castle, face painting, food and drink to exciting sports action! There’s no better way to take part in the UK’s biggest year of sport and help change lives too! Register for this great event and Run, walk, skip or hop your way through 1, 3 or 6 miles!
To register, click here or phone the official Sport Relief Events Team at 0207 820 2363. You are welcome to register at the event, but limited spaces are available.
6th Annual Active Workforce 5k Challenge
Join us Thursday 31st May, 2012 at Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre for the 6th Annual Active Workforce 5k Challenge!
The route will be twice around the Crosby Marine Lake and you are welcome to run, walk or stroll. Many departments and sections use this event as a team building exercise. The cost for entry is £25 per team of five, to cover the basic costs of the event and teams/organisations. Participants are very welcome to raise money for their chosen charity. Prizes will be presented to the fastest male and fastest female and everyone who participates will receive a T-shirt and medal.
Bottled water will be provided and refreshments will be available following the race. Lakeside Bar and Bistro will be fully operational and open to purchase food and drinks.
Entry forms will be available on this website over the next few weeks, so please check back often.
If you require additional information, please contact one of the Active Workforce Team members on 0151 934 2079 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Log It or Lose It
Active Sefton has teamed up with Merseyside Police this year to make sure you don't lose out to thieves - so make sure you log it or lose it! Don’t lose out to thieves this year, register your bike, mobile, iPod, TV or any other gadgets on www.immobilise.com. Immobilise is the world’s largest FREE register of possession ownership details and helps to reduce crime and returning recovered personal property to its rightful owners. This online checking service is used by all UK Police forces to trace owners of lost and stolen property. 
London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay
The 2012 Olympic Torch Relay is coming to Sefton! Check out the official route here, in this great animation.Sefton's Older People's Olympics
Lakesiders win Gold in Sefton’s Older people’s Olympics!!
Active Sefton get the golden oldies active. In celebration of National Older people’s Day Active Sefton showed that age is not just a number by creating Sefton’s first ever older people’s Olympics.
The event, held at Dunes Splash World and funded by NHS Sefton, was filled with fun packed activities ranging from badminton, wellington boot throwing, Jenga, Connect 4 and Skittles to name a few.
ACTIVE WORKFORCE MEMBERS CLIMBING EXPEDITION
Two keen Active Workforce Members recently summited Island Peak in the Himalayas for charity.
Cricketing Fun in Sefton
Getting cricket crazy, kids in Sefton are keeping Active with a number of specialist junior cricket sessions running the popular Active Kidz programme.
Taking place at Bootle Cricket Club and
It’s all splashing great fun
Making a splash lakeside style, youngsters from
Arranged through the Sefton Positive Futures team, Merefield School were able to utilise the funding to run a three-week summer holiday programme for their pupils with the most profound and complex disabilities.
Pupils accessed a range of water sports activities including power boating and dinghies.
Jumpers for Goalposts
As the football season starts to kick off, Sefton’s Ability Counts football team have already begun the league as Champions.
Crowned champions for 2011, the disabled footballers achieved their winning title after competing the in Merseyside based disabled football league. With strong competition from Everton and Liverpool Football clubs, the team took embraced their opportunity to lead the way and show the other teams how it’s done.
60 Years in Netherton
To mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June next year, the Feelgood Factory (Netherton) is organising its own special event - 60 Years in Netherton.
This is to celebrate the achievements and lives of local people since the Queen was crowned in June 1952 and the centre is encouraging the community to come forward to share their stories.
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