The Activity for All project
The Activity for All project offers bespoke physical activities for adult aged 18+ with a learning disability in Telford.
The ‘All new Move to Thrive’ project 2026
The ‘All new Move to Thrive’ is a legacy of the original Move to Thrive project. It offers group movement to music sessions for older people, and people living with dementia or Parkinson’s disease, and their carers.
Park Yoga Telford
Each year, Telford’s Park Yoga season runs for 20 weeks, in the scenic surroundings of Bowring Park in Wellington, with the Wrekin and Ercall hills in the background. Park Yoga is FREE outdoor yoga every Sunday morning, from 9.30 – 10.30am, from the first weekend of May until mid-September, whatever the weather.
The Healthy Telford pledge
The Healthy Telford pledge is designed to support you on your journey to a healthier, happier you by committing to small, simple lifestyle changes. Who or what will you ‘Do it For’?
Health Champion volunteers
Health Champions are volunteers living in Telford and Wrekin who care about the health and wellbeing of those around them.
Cancer Champion volunteers
A local initiative across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Powys, Cancer Champion volunteers make a difference by spreading the word that spotting cancer early saves lives.
Previous projects
Move to Thrive
Providing movement to music sessions for people with dementia and their carers, the Move to Thrive project was designed and is being delivered in partnership with Telford & Wrekin Council Public Health and Adult Social Care teams, Forum 50+, Community Resource, Age UK STW and The Alzheimer’s Society.
Green Spaces Are Go
The Green Spaces Are Go project highlighted the health benefits of exercising in a park or green space and encouraged people to be active in them.
The Year of Wellbeing
Your time to feel happier and healthier – the Year of Wellbeing is a campaign from Telford & Wrekin Council that aimed to boost people’s wellbeing following the coronavirus pandemic.
Let’s Get Telford Active
At the beginning of 2019, £50,000 was made available to the communities of Telford and Wrekin to fund activities to help ‘Get Telford Active’. Grants were awarded to the community to ensure that projects were led by what was wanted and needed by residents, and 20 projects were funded as a result.