12 Days of Christmas Physical Activity Challenge Announced
Date: 11-12-2020
Mayo Sports Partnerships 12 Days of Christmas encompasses the five main themes of the governments Keep well campaign;
- Minding your mood
- Eating well
- Switching off and being creative
- Staying Connected
- Keeping Active
The vision of which is to increase the amount of people of all ages and abilities undertaking Physical Activity throughout the Winter Months.
Winter can be a difficult time to keep our moods high and remain physically active, especially given the current climate surrounding Covid 19, this 12 day of Christmas initiative will support both the mental and physical themes of the campaign.
With this in mind our 12 days of Christmas initiative is designed to engage all family members in all types of mood boasting activities over the 12 days of Christmas, from watching a movie to playing 30 mins of Football/Basketball, to making time to facetime a relative, there really is activities to suit all the family!
Launching the challenge Chairman Mayo Sports Partnership Cllr Michael Loftus commented
“ Christmas time is a period of celebration but also it can be stressful and with the emphasis on Keeping Well this challenge looks to keep us all engaged and active over the festive season”
Head of Sports Partnership Charlie Lambert added “ The Mayo Sports Partnership staff have put massive effort in to motivational virtual challenges this year which have proved to be massively successful. The 12 Days of Christmas initiative coming on the back of the Run, Walk, Jog Up to Christmas Challenge helps to keep us well and active with the emphasis shifting to a new season of Operation Transformation in the new year”
To find out more contact Deirdre Donnelly on dedonnelly@mayococo.ie
Post some of your activities from this challenge to Social media using the Hashtag #12daysofChristmas and tag Mayo Sports partnership to be in with a chance of winning some sports vouchers!
To register simply follow the link to Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/12-days-of-chrstmas-tickets-132504385183
You can find full details of the programme on the Mayo Sports Partnership website at https://www.mayo.ie/sports-partnership