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Well Doncaster

residents engaging in a well doncaster community engagement session

Get Doncaster Moving and Well Doncaster share the same values and principles, and seek to empower local people and trust communities to shape their own future.

The Get Doncaster Moving approach to addressing inactivity is built upon continual engagement with communities and through working collaboratively with Well Doncaster we ensure that community voice and insight is behind all the work that Get Doncaster Moving do.

Over the last five years Well Doncaster has added to the existing evidence base that investing in supporting, working with and empowering communities facilitates healthy communities.

Some of Well Doncaster's defining characteristics include; a continued commitment to utilising community centred approaches in creating a community led Health and Wealth approach, encouraging and facilitating asset based discussions with our residents and ensuring communities are involved in decision-making about where they live, work, play.

Well Doncaster strongly believe that we cannot close the health gap without involving and hearing from those most affected and so listening to the voice of communities has been an essential characteristic of the Well Doncaster approach. Communities need to own and be a direct part of the design and delivery of solutions, working together with public services in an agreed way towards sustainable change.

Well Doncaster see that communities are brimming with energy and innovation and look to maintain a major focus on building capacity and releasing grass roots energy and ideas. The impact Well Doncaster has is vital in tackling health inequalities, influencing the determinants of health and thus impacting physical activity at a community level.

Find out more about the Well Doncaster team on the Meet the team page.


Active Community Grants

Together, Get Doncaster Moving and the Well Doncaster team have created a fund called 'Active Communities Grants' which is available to local residents, groups and organisations to fund ideas that help people get out and about more, and be active where they live. Grants of up to £500 are available.

Find out more about Active Communities Grants.


Community Connectors

Get Doncaster Moving and Well Doncaster have introduced local Community Connectors to support residents to try and make it easier for people to get out and about more where they live. The Community Connectors are there to support residents on a daily basis by signposting them to opportunities available to them in their area and encourage the community to create a healthy and active lifestyle. Their roles focus on enhancing the physical and mental wellbeing of their community by connecting local people together, with accessibility at the forefront of what they do.

Get Doncaster Moving have funded four community organisations to host Community Connectors to work part time in Bentley, Wheatley and Intake, Balby, and Stainforth. Delivering the approach through community organisations enables the work to be driven and owned by communities themselves. Community Connectors are well connected local people who understand the people and place where they live and are passionate about making a difference.

Find out more about the Community Connectors on the Meet the team page.


Community profiles

The Well Doncaster team, along with their partners, have developed community profiles for 20 of their priority communities across Doncaster. These profiles can help inform and shape work within those communities and are a valuable source on insight into those areas. The profiles will be refreshed periodically to reflect changes within the areas.


North locality community profiles:

  • Woodlands Community Profile (PDF, 2 Mb)

  • Highfields Community Profile (PDF, 2.2 Mb)

  • Carcroft Community Profile (PDF, 2.8 Mb)

  • Bentley and Toll Bar Community Profile (PDF, 3.1 Mb)

  • Askern Community Profile (PDF, 2.9 Mb)


South locality community profiles:

  • New Rossington Community Profile (PDF, 1.8 Mb)

  • Mexborough Community Profile (PDF, 1.5 Mb)

  • Edlington Community Profile (PDF, 2 Mb)

  • Denaby Community Profile (PDF, 3.8 Mb)


Central locality community profiles:

  • Balby Community Profile (PDF, 2.7 Mb)

  • Clay Lane Community Profile (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

  • Hexthorpe Community Profile (PDF, 1.8 Mb)

  • Hyde Park Community Profile (PDF, 2.2 Mb)

  • Intake and Wheatley Community Profile (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

  • Town Centre Community Profile (PDF, 1.6 Mb)


East locality community profiles:

  • Thorne and Moorends Community Profile (PDF, 2.5 Mb)

  • Stainforth and Barnby Dun Community Profile (PDF, 2.1 Mb)

@DoncasterMoving Latest Tweets

about 1 day ago

RT @SharonW30030070: Just a reminder how beautiful quiet moments can be. I have very few but these two pics from our @DoncasterMoving day inspire to find some in my none stop schedule. @ChangingLives__ #mindfullness #beautiful @DNisgreat @SandallPark

RT @SharonW30030070: Just a reminder how beautiful quiet moments can be. I have very few but these two pics from our @DoncasterMoving day inspire to find some in my none stop schedule. @ChangingLives__ #mindfullness #beautiful @DNisgreat @SandallPark

about 3 days ago

Congrats to @shawwoodacademy who won the GDM and @DoncasterMum Family Trail half-term Challenge👏👏

The school have recieved 2 brand new scooters for the children to use🛴

Find out more about Get Doncaster Moving and how to get involved here: getdoncastermoving.org…

Congrats to @shawwoodacademy who won the GDM and @DoncasterMum Family Trail half-term Challenge👏👏

The school have recieved 2 brand new scooters for the children to use🛴

Find out more about Get Doncaster Moving and how to get involved here: https://t.co/CQZKPFU4sx

about 4 days ago

RT @RugbytotsSRDW: We are looking for new coaches for our Doncaster weekend classes. Please share around the rugby community and email jez@rugbytots.co.uk or DM if interested @Club_Doncaster @Doncaster_RLFC @demonsrugby @DonnyPhoenix @donnydemonsjnrs @DoncasterKnight @DoncasterMoving @doncastercu

RT @RugbytotsSRDW: We are looking for new coaches for our Doncaster weekend classes. Please share around the rugby community and email jez@rugbytots.co.uk or DM if interested @Club_Doncaster @Doncaster_RLFC @demonsrugby @DonnyPhoenix @donnydemonsjnrs @DoncasterKnight @DoncasterMoving @doncastercu

about 4 days ago

RT @SharonW30030070: @ChangingLives__ community Hub found ourselves a green space for the day @SandallPark . The women had a lovely walk, we played games held hilarious races,just a fabulous outdoor day. We definitely hit our @DoncasterMoving targets yesterday 😁 @MyDoncaster @DNisgreat #inclusion

RT @SharonW30030070: @ChangingLives__ community Hub found ourselves a green space for the day @SandallPark . The women had a lovely walk, we played games held hilarious races,just a fabulous outdoor day. We definitely hit our @DoncasterMoving targets yesterday 😁 @MyDoncaster @DNisgreat #inclusion

about 4 days ago

@SharonW30030070 @ChangingLives__ @SandallPark @MyDoncaster @DNisgreat Looks like a fantastic day - well done all!

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