The UK’s first Black Wellness and Fitness Festival is set to make a return 18 Saturday September 2021.

Noirefitfest is the UK’s first Black Fitness and Wellness festival, created to platform Black fitness and wellness professionals, with the aim of encouraging the wider Black community to make fitness and wellness part of their daily lifestyles.

Despite being a new festival, NoireFitFest launched during the UK’s second lockdown in September 2020 – gathering some of the UK’s finest Black fitness and wellness professionals for an all-day festival.

Noirefitfest saw the importance of contributing to the health impacts of the pandemic and wider socio-economic disparities, exposed as a consequence of Covid-19.  Statistically, 56% of Black people do not commit to the recommended amount of weekly exercise, compared to 62% of the general population (Ref: Sports England).

Aptly titled ‘Love your Black Wellness’ and with a live in-house DJ, Noirefitfest 2021, promises to be another fun filled, energy bursting festival, with over 16 fitness experts, hosting everything from Yoga, Soca Aerobics, HIIT, Housing Fit to Booty Band workouts, plus two health and wellbeing panel talks.

With a hybrid offering this year, participants can opt for an in-person or virtual pass:

Option One: sign up to watch and/or participate via our Zoom live stream

Option Two: limited tickets available for venue-based classes @fora_space

Meeting of Minds is proud to support the 2021 festival and is giving away two pairs of tickets. 2 lucky winners will get full access to all 14 classes in-person or a pass to stream all activities from home.

TO ENTER:

• You must be following @meetingokmindsuk and @noirefest on Instagram
• Post this story on your grid or story and tag @meetingofmindsuk
• Like and save the post
• Tag the person you’d like to bring along with you (you can enter as many times as you want)
• And answer this question: How many fitness experts will be at this year’s festival:

A: 20

B: 18

C: 16

The winner will be selected at random next Friday 10 September. Good Luck!

Header Image: Selena Watkins is a fitness model and was crowned Miss Black USA in 2012. A national Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, her company Socanomics is a Caribbean dance workout fuelled by soca music.