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Balancing Life 2022 Survey Results

Balancing Life

Results of Sport and Physical Activity’s (SPA) 2022 Balancing Life Survey results have been published, providing an insight into the activity and wellbeing levels of our University community. 1,000 staff and students took part in Balancing Life this year. Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey. Key results A total […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Share The Love Run Relay for staff – w/c 14th February

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GOGA Share The Love Run Relay for staff – w/c 14th February Our popular virtual run relay is here again! We’ve had a little break and now we’re back with another run relay exclusively for our staff members. Join our 20-minute fun run relay and discover the network of joggers and runners within the University […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Daffodil Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th March

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GOGA Daffodil Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th March 120 staff members from across the university community took part in our Love and Pancakes run relay last month. Staff members committed to the love and pancake themed bonuses and we saw many sweet and savoury pancake stacks and items of red clothing throughout the […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Love & Pancakes Run Relay for staff

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GOGA Love & Pancakes Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th February 126 staff members from across the university campus took part in our Resolutions run relay last month. Staff members committed to the resolutions themed bonus and we saw many pledging that they’d like to read more, increase their physical activity, learn new recipes […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual February Step Challenge for staff

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GOGA February Step Challenge for staff – w/c 1 February Before Christmas we hosted our first ever virtual step challenge exclusively for staff members at Leeds. 90 staff members took part and collectively we travelled as far as Dubai or Washington DC! The winning team “Walking in a Winter Wanderland” clocked up an impressive 742,399 […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Winter Step Challenge for staff

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GOGA Winter Step Challenge for staff – w/c 7 December We’re excited to introduce our first ever virtual step challenge exclusively for staff members at Leeds. We are hoping that you will join us for our week-long step challenge from Monday 7 December to encourage you to move more this winter. Whether that’s going for […]

Couch to 5K run leaders win Health and Safety award

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Our run leaders have been recognised for their inspiring work in hosting an entry level Couch to 5K programme for university staff as they have been awarded the Health and Wellbeing Champions award as part of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Health and Safety 2019. The run leaders, Grace Roberts, Louise Walton and Get Out, […]

Getting creative with vegan recipes at food workshop

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Participants enjoyed cooking up sweet and savoury vegan dishes in our second food workshop of the term. On the menu of our Vegan workshop we had Sicilian aubergine stew (Caponata) and raw coconut balls. Traditionally, the main motivation behind veganism was to prevent animal cruelty and exploitation. The activators leading the session, Ellie and Gabriele, […]