Blog: Active childhoods in an era of social distancing
Wednesday, 29th April 2020 With schools currently closed, Active School Week has been replaced with Active Home Week. Dr Helen McAvoy from the Institute of Public Health explores the challenges and opportunities for empowering children to be physically active during the Covid-19 pandemic. Physical distancing and physical activity Globally around 290 million children are not in school due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ireland’s schools closed their…
