The Daily Mile is a national campaign aimed at improving the physical, social, emotional and mental health and wellbeing of school children.  It is fun, free and easy to do and we’re promoting it with schools in Northumberland.

The benefits are enormous. Exercise is habit forming and so children who do so regularly when they are young will stay fitter and healthier in later life. Children concentrate better after exercise, learn more and get better grades.

It’s great to see my NCC cabinet colleagues Wayne Daley and Veronica Jones getting behind this and I hope one day every school in our county will do the daily Mile.