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Make Room to Move

Recreation is a fundamental part of individual and community well-being in New Brunswick. Recreation N.B. | Loisirs N.-B. is a provincial nonprofit organization dedicated to building healthy, vibrant communities by developing and promoting recreation and parks, including play, physical activity, arts, culture, outdoor pursuits, and more. All are essential for creating positive and supportive environments that foster healthy and happy citizens.

Our members play a crucial role in helping New Brunswickers Make Room to Move. Through designing inclusive programs, leading activity breaks, organizing community events, and providing safe, accessible spaces for physical activity, they help remove barriers and make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to integrate movement into their daily routines.

Our Future

Communities will recognize the value of recreation and leisure as an essential service contributing to a happy, healthy, New Brunswick.

Make Room to Move is a national initiative by ParticipACTION. The campaign motivates people to identify ways to reduce barriers to movement and make room for physical activity in their daily routines, whether that’s at home, at work, at school, and in community spaces.

Make Room to Move Campaign

Everyday life can make it hard to get enough movement. ParticipACTION’s campaign helps people overcome challenges like limited time, lack of space, and low motivation by offering practical tips and resources.

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Make Room to Move Challenge

ParticipACTION also runs the Make Room to Move Challenge, a digital physical activity challenge where participants track movement to build lasting active habits.

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Outsmart the Physical Activity Time Thieves

If you often feel like there just aren’t enough minutes in a day for physical activity, you’re not alone. What’s most likely to blame? This video uncovers a few sneaky “time thieves” hiding in plain sight:

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Resources to Help You Make Room to Move

Habit Stack to Stay on Track

Habit stacking takes advantage of your current daily behaviours to help you develop new ones. Pair physical activity with habits you already have.

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8 great ways to sneak physical activity in during your day

While everyone’s life situation is different, making room in your busy schedule for short movement breaks will help you be your best self by improving your mood, energy, creativity, focus, productivity and more. You don’t have to lift weights at a gym, take high-intensity exercise classes or run a marathon – any physical activity you love doing or suits your needs or circumstances counts. Physical activity is not one-size-fits-all, and you can Sneak It In whenever, wherever and however works best for you!

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Workout Archives

Follow along with some of ParticipACTION’s workout videos

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Recreation NB | Loisirs N.-B. & Make Room to Move

The recreation sector in New Brunswick has a natural role in supporting and extending the impact of the Make Room to Move campaign.

• Community Programming can integrate movement challenges, activity breaks, walking groups, and other initiatives that align with the campaign.
• Recreation facilities and spaces managed by our members and beyond, provide some of the core environments where people can put movement into practice.
• Professional development and resources from Recreation NB | Loisirs N.-B. help local recreation professionals design programs, and manage facilities that build safer, more accessible spaces for all to participate in physical activity and recreation.