Virtual travel & from/at-home activities
(for this time of isolation due to the coronovirus [COVID-19] pandemic)

 

 

British Museum
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In addition to existing virtual tours* and access to their Collection Online. (*virtual tours: Prints & Drawings and Oceania), the British Museum intends to provide a lot more content during the coronavirus crisis "…via our website, social media and other channels", watch their space for details!

Also see their recent blog post: "How to explore the British Museum from home".

 

Louvre – Online Tours
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Visit the Louvre Museum's exhibition rooms and galleries on a virtual tour. See exhibitions, collections, galleries and building tours.

 

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – Virtual Tour
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Take a virtual tour of: the Round Room, Industrial Gallery and Edwardian Tearooms; the Art Galleries; the Staffordshire Hoard Gallery; and the History Galleries presenting a walk through of Birmingham history.

 

Street Art – Google Art Project
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Discover amazing art from graffiti and street artists across the globe, with galleries and on-line exhibitions, audio tours, gif art animating street art, and artists stories telling the stories behind the art.

 

The Rijksmuseum – Virtual Tour
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The Rijksmuseum, the museum of the Netherlands presents The Rijksmuseum From Home and invite you to dive into the collection and explore its stories. View masterpieces up close, listen to curators and explore the Rijksstudio showing more than 700,000 high-resolution images from the collection; free of charge.

 

Great North Museum – Virtual Tours
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Newcastle's Great North Museum offers a virtual tour of the Ice Age to Iron Age Gallery or a chance to go behind the scenes at their Biology and Ethnography stores.

 

Van Gogh Museum – Museum at Home
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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is offering a feast of activities; including colouring projects for kids, stories, a Van Gogh app, movies and a look at the collection via Google Arts & Culture. The gallery has the largest collection of the artist's paintings, drawings and letters anywhere; more than 200 paintings and 750 letters.

 

SS Great Britain – Virtual Tour
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Virtually explore Brunel's SS Great Britain, the world's first ocean-going liner. Take in 360° views of the Dockyard Museum and ship, checking the blue tags for additional sensory information, including sound clips.

 

 

 

10 Today Physical Activity for Older People – Radio 5 Live
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10 Today is an exercise programme from Sport England designed for older people to protect against poor health and disease, improve mental health and maintain independence. 10 episodes are available to download.

 

The 2.6 Challenge – For London Marathon Charities
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Help the thousands of charities who will otherwise lose out on the millions normally raised by the London Marathon; many of these are now in dire straits at the very time vulnerable members of society need them most. Until Sunday 26th April (when the Virgin Money London Marathon would have been) anyone and everyone is encouraged to join The 2.6 Challenge #TwoPointSixChallenge. This can be any activity, be it running 2.6 miles to holding an online workout with 26 of your friends or doing 26 press-ups with the dog on your back!

 

Athletics 365 – England Athletics
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England Athletics are providing two of their Athletics 365 'paid for' resources free of charge for a limited time. These are suitable for children 11+ and adults. They're also making linked handbooks available free of charge until 30th September 2020 (normally each handbook costs £9.99).

 

P.E. with Joe – Joe Wicks
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Free online 30 min work-outs for of all ages (children, teenagers and adults) available at Joe Wicks channel The Body Coach TV. No equipment needed, live 9:00 BST, or view recording later at your convenience. Joe aims to continue sessions for as long as schools are closed during this covid19 pandemic.

 

Silverfit at Home – Fitness for Older People
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Online senior workouts led by older people for older people. Follow in the comfort of your own home, little or no equipment required!

 

Sadler's Wells Digital Stage – Dance Workshops
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For fun and fitness Saddler's Wells is presenting a series of online dance at home workshops specially created for families with young children and for the over 60s to take part in. Further details to be announced on their site soon.

 

RGT Cycling – Virtual Reality Cycling
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Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, all RGT Cycling premium features are available free to all indoor cyclists. This virtual reality cycling simulator is available for PC, Mac and Apple TV; it enables users from around the world to connect, ride, race and train together in a virtual reality that "recreates the culture of real-world cycling".

 

Team Runderwear – Free Workouts for Runners
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Team Runderwear have created a free 60-day challenge with daily at-home workouts on their Instagram channel and Facebook page. Do them live at 10:00 am (BST) or catch up later as they fit with your hectic schedules! There will be 60 days of workouts – plus prizes.

 

Nick Matthew Squash – At-home Squash training
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Home-based squash focused workout vidoes from World Squash Champion Nick Matthew, who creates highly-developed squash coaching for children and adults.

 

NHS Fitness Studio – Pilates, yoga & meditation
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Pilates, yoga and meditation exercise videos from the NHS Fitness Studio. Includes Pre- and postnatal yoga, chair based pilates and pilates for people with specific conditions.

 

Yoga with Adriene – Free Yoga Videos
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Adriene hosts a host of free yoga videos on her YouTube channel and has a library of over 500+ free videos. What ever your age and what ever you're trying to address be it stress: gut health, back pain, weight loss, fear, balance, digestion ... she has a video for you.

 

YMCA360 – Free Exercise Videos
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At-home exercise classes for all ages – free for a limited time! Categories include: bootcamp, yoga, older adults, pilates, tai chi, cycle, youth sports, barre & weightlifting.

 

 

 

 

 

Funetics – England Athletics
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For great fun keeping fit and occupied England Athletics has launched funetics activity videos for children (4-11) and their parents; offering a range of fun activities involving running, jumping and throwing (things like: Bean Bag Balance, Head Shoulders Knees & Toes, Feed the Animals, Jump the Stream ...). The funetics programme has been designed to reflect requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stage 1 and 2.
(Note: videos were made prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, parents are asked to restrict the activities to their own family [excluding any members self-isolating] and keep within their own garden/home.)

 

British Cycling – Ready Set Ride
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The HSBC UK Ready Set Ride daily activity calendar is a tool created to help parents teach kids to cycle, split into three stages: Prepare 2 Ride, Balance and Pedals. Also sharing cycling related games and activities through their Twitter and YouTube channels at 11:00 daily, until Friday 24th April. #ReadySetRide

 

P.E. with Joe – Joe Wicks
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Free online 30 min work-outs for of all ages (children, teenagers and adults) available at Joe Wicks channel The Body Coach TV. No equipment needed, live 9:00 GMT, or view recording later at your convenience. Joe aims to continue sessions for as long as schools are closed during this covid19 pandemic.

(Note: Joe has announced that any advertising revenue from his YouTube channel will be donated to the NHS [already £80,000 raised @1/3/20]. He's also announced that he will continue to post despite breaking a bone in his wrist while out on his bike.)

 

Athletics 365 – England Athletics
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England Athletics are providing two of their Athletics 365 'paid for' resources free of charge for a limited time. These are suitable for children 11+ and adults. They're also making linked handbooks available free of charge until 30th September 2020 (normally each handbook normally costs £9.99).

 

Harlem Globe Trotters – Globetrotters at Home
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At-home educational videos from Harlem Globetrotter stars to help with at-home learning for kids; as well a other Globetrotter videos, including Guinness World Records attempts, music and dance and epic trick shots. Plus other fun stuff just for laughs.

 

Sadler's Wells Digital Stage – Dance Workshops
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For fun and fitness Sadler's Wells is presenting a series of online dance at home workshops specially created for families with young children and for the over 60s to take part in. Further details to be announced on their site soon.

 

Live Love Hoop – Free Hula Hooping
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Free online hula hooping course for kids, suitable for primary aged children (4-11 years) but kids as young as 3 can give it a go & grown ups are also encouraged to join in. great for: fitness & strength, hand-eye coordination, motor skills and just learning through play.

 

LTA Youth (Lawn Tennis Association) – Tennis at Home
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The Lawn Tennis Association Youth section has introduced Tennis at Home. Includes: home-based tennis exercise videos; plus tennis themed activity cards, personal development challenge and tennis themed learning activities.

 

Stay at Home Football Coaching
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Live home-based weekday football coaching sessions for members of this Facebook group, session are live on their YouTube channel.

 

STA (Swimming Teachers' Association) – Downloadables
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Free downloadable swimming related resources for children, intended to keep their interest in swimming and teach them, in a fun and engaging way, how to stay safe in and around water. Includes a 40-page Water Safety Booklet.

 

Cosmic Kids Yoga – Yoga for children
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Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation videos designed specially for kids (3+). As well as themed yoga adventures based around Frozen, Harry Potter, Trolls, Star Wars ...