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Say hello to our This Girl Can Sussex Ambassadors and find out more about their inspiring journeys to becoming more active.
The role of our This Girl Can Ambassadors is to inspire, motivate and shout about the campaign and key messages, and be influential in raising the profile of Active Sussex and the importance of sport and physical activity in Sussex, especially for women and girls.
They advise and help shape the network by feeding in their own experiences and those of the women and girls they connect with and continually strive to break down barriers and stereotypes around participation.
Find out more about their journeys below.
Tess led a mostly sedentary life until in 2011 at the age of 25, she quit smoking and joined a Zumba class and bootcamp in a quest for the ‘perfect body’. But she never reached her goal. Instead, the goalposts changed, when she fell in love with exercise for how it made her feel, not how it made her look.
It was in between the whooping and jumping (there’s a lot of it in Zumba!), and rainy morning park workouts that she realised it didn’t matter if she was missing the steps or was out of breath – fitness could actually be fun.
Now a self-confessed ‘endorphin fiend’ and champion of fitness for fun and wellbeing, Tess got addicted to the mental health benefits of being active and started a blog to share her journey and inspire others.
She encourages others to find fun ways to move for improved self confidence, body acceptance and better mental and physical health.
Find out more:
See what Brighton’s women and girls had to say about why they love cycling in the #BikeWeek2018 in this article here.
Zoe is a mum of three based in East Sussex, who previously worked in accounts and was totally inactive. After experiencing postnatal anxiety, she started moving more to help her and fell so in love with how keeping active took away her worries and stress that she quit her job and became a full time fitness instructor. She regularly takes her children along to participate in her classes!
Zoe now runs post-natal fitness sessions, Powerhoop classes and Pelvic Floor exercise sessions. Zoe works hard every day to inspire women and girls to get active and look after their physical and mental wellbeing. She teaches all ages and abilities a whole host of activities.
Find out more:
Visit Zoe’s Facebook pages to find out more about her classes – Fit & Fab Families Ltd, Powerhoop Bexhill & Hastings, and Adore Your Pelvic Floor Bexhill & Hastings.
Follow Zoe on Instagram.
Tess led a mostly sedentary life until in 2011 at the age of 25, she quit smoking and joined a Zumba class and bootcamp in a quest for the ‘perfect body’. But she never reached her goal. Instead, the goalposts changed, when she fell in love with exercise for how it made her feel, not how it made her look.
It was in between the whooping and jumping (there’s a lot of it in Zumba!), and rainy morning park workouts that she realised it didn’t matter if she was missing the steps or was out of breath – fitness could actually be fun.
Now a self-confessed ‘endorphin fiend’ and champion of fitness for fun and wellbeing, Tess got addicted to the mental health benefits of being active and started a blog to share her journey and inspire others.
She encourages others to find fun ways to move for improved self confidence, body acceptance and better mental and physical health.
Find out more:
See what Brighton’s women and girls had to say about why they love cycling in the #BikeWeek2018 in this article here.
Zoe is a mum of three based in East Sussex, who previously worked in accounts and was totally inactive. After experiencing postnatal anxiety, she started moving more to help her and fell so in love with how keeping active took away her worries and stress that she quit her job and became a full time fitness instructor. She regularly takes her children along to participate in her classes!
Zoe now runs post-natal fitness sessions, Powerhoop classes and Pelvic Floor exercise sessions. Zoe works hard every day to inspire women and girls to get active and look after their physical and mental wellbeing. She teaches all ages and abilities a whole host of activities.
Find out more:
Visit Zoe’s Facebook pages to find out more about her classes – Fit & Fab Families Ltd, Powerhoop Bexhill & Hastings, and Adore Your Pelvic Floor Bexhill & Hastings.
Follow Zoe on Instagram.
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Email: abunce@activesussex.org